Artist

Robert Smithson

born Passaic, NJ 1938-died Amarillo, TX 1973
Also known as
  • Robert I. Smithson
Born
Passaic, New Jersey, United States
Died
Amarillo, Texas, United States

Works by this artist (3 items)

Nancy Holt, Robert Smithson, Swamp, 1971, 6 minutes, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2007.33.18, © 1971 The Holt/Smithson Foundation. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Swamp
Artist
Date1971
6 minutes, color, sound
Not on view
Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970, 35 minutes, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.10, © 1970, Robert Smithson. Courtesy of the Holt/Smithson Foundation and Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.
Spiral Jetty
Artist
Date1970
35 minutes, color, sound
Not on view
Image Not Available
Untitled
Artist
Date1962
pen and ink on paper on board
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2007.33.18 - SAAM-2007.33.18_1 - 79820
Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image (2.0)
March 16, 2012–April 13, 2013
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image is a series of rotating exhibitions drawn from SAAM’s permanent collection.
Media - 2014.50.1.4 - SAAM-2014.50.1.4_5 - 116527
Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image (4.0)
December 4, 2015–August 28, 2016
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image is a series of rotating exhibitions drawn from SAAM’s permanent collection.