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Robert Smithson
Proposal for a Monument at Anartica [sic]1966

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a polar or arctic scene with figures on ice near open water and ships, overlaid with a hand-drawn black wireframe cube in the upper left

Robert Smithson, Proposal for a Monument at Anartica [sic], 1966, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ralph M. Parsons Discretionary Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Robert Smithson
United States, 1938-1973
Title
Proposal for a Monument at Anartica [sic]
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1966
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 16 3/16 × 23 1/4 in. (41.1 × 59.06 cm) Primary support: 18 1/16 × 25 in. (45.88 × 63.5 cm) Mat: 24 × 30 in. (60.96 × 76.2 cm)
Credit Line
Ralph M. Parsons Discretionary Fund
Accession Number
M.2002.128
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Tsai, Eugenie. Robert Smithson. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2004.
  • Rugoff, Ralph. Monuments for the USA. San Francisco: CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, 2005.
  • Robert Smithson: Time Crystals. Melbourne: Monash University Museum of Art, 2018.
Copyright
© Estate of Robert Smithson / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY