Lot 323: Robert Smithson (1938-1973)

Robert Smithson (1938-1973)
Non-Site (South of Death Valley, Chalk Collected Somewhere between Riggs and Silver Lake on Route 127)
signed, titled and dated 'South of Death Valley CHALK COLLECTED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN RIGGS AND SILVER LAKE ON ROUTE 127 Robert Smithson July 16 1968' (upper right)
two elements: painted steel container with chalk; graphite and two gelatin silver prints on printed paper map
container: 4 x 36 x 11 in. (10.1 x 91.4 x 27.9 cm.)
map: 20 3/8 x 17 in. (51.7 x 43.1 cm.)
Executed in 1968.

Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum for moderne kunst, Undervejs: 222 tegninger fra Picasso til Yoko Ono, August-November 2001, p. 129 and 176 (illustrated).

Dwan Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York
John Weber Gallery, New York

Robert Smithson (1938-1973)
Non-Site (South of Death Valley, Chalk Collected Somewhere between Riggs and Silver Lake on Route 127)
signed, titled and dated 'South of Death Valley CHALK COLLECTED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN RIGGS AND SILVER LAKE ON ROUTE 127 Robert Smithson July 16 1968' (upper right)
two elements: painted steel container with chalk; graphite and two gelatin silver prints on printed paper map
container: 4 x 36 x 11 in. (10.1 x 91.4 x 27.9 cm.)
map: 20 3/8 x 17 in. (51.7 x 43.1 cm.)
Executed in 1968.