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Robert Smithson
Torn photograph from the second stop (rubble). Second mountain of 6 stops on a section1970

Not on view
Four torn color photographs arranged in a grid, each showing a close-up overhead view of rubble-covered ground with gray stone fragments, red brick pieces, and white gravel on rust-brown soil
Color photograph printed on torn-edged paper, close-up ground-level view of rubble and debris including gray stone fragments, broken red brick, and gravel scattered across reddish-brown earth, shot at a slight diagonal angle with shallow depth of field.
Color photograph printed on torn-edged paper, close-up view of scattered gravel and rocky debris on reddish-brown earth, with white, grey, and blue-tinted stone fragments and dried twigs.
Color photograph printed on fabric with slightly irregular edges, close-up view of scattered rubble including broken red bricks, white plaster chunks, small stones, and debris filling the entire frame.
Color photograph with torn edges, close-up view of rocky ground scattered with white, gray, and rust-red stones, fragments of debris, and dry plant material on reddish-brown soil.

Robert Smithson, Torn photograph from the second stop (rubble). Second mountain of 6 stops on a section, 1970, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Photography Consortium, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Robert Smithson
Title
Torn photograph from the second stop (rubble). Second mountain of 6 stops on a section
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1970
Medium
Photolithographic print, torn (4 parts)
Dimensions
Unframed: 11 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (29.21 x 26.67 cm) each; Overall: 23 x 21 in. (58.42 x 53.34 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Photography Consortium
Accession Number
AC1993.17.1a-d
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1993, vol. 31, no. 1-11 (January-November, 1993).