Robert Smithson
Closed Mirror Square (Cayuga Salt Mine Project), 1969
Robert Smithson, Closed Mirror Square (Cayuga Salt Mine Project), 1969. Dia Art Foundation; Partial gift, Lannan Foundation, 2013. © Holt/Smithson Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York
Artwork Details
- Artist
- Robert Smithson
- Title
- Closed Mirror Square (Cayuga Salt Mine Project)
- Year
- 1969
- Medium
- Rock salt, mirror, glass
- Dimensions
- 25 x 96 x 96 in. (63.5 x 243.8 x 243.8 cm) installed
- Credit line
- Dia Art Foundation; Partial gift, Lannan Foundation, 2013
- Reference number
- 2013.025
- Classification
- sculpture
- Location
- Dia:Beacon on view
On Display at Dia Beacon
Robert Smithson, Map of Broken Glass (Atlantis), 1969. Dia Art Foundation; Partial gift, Lannan Foundation, 2013. © Holt/Smithson Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photo: Florian Holzherr
Artist
Robert Smithson
Robert Smithson was born in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1938. He died in Amarillo, Texas, in 1973.