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Robert Smithson
Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 USD
Sold
713,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Robert Smithson
The Cryosphere- painted steel with chrome inserts in 6 units
Provenance
John Weber Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in June 1988
Acquired by the present owner from the above in June 1988
Exhibited
New York, Jewish Museum, Primary Structures, April - June 1966
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Robert Smithson, September 2004 - October 2005, p. 20, illustrated (Los Angeles only) (detail, installation photograph at the Jewish Museum), endsheet, illustrated (Smithson carrying one unit)
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Robert Smithson, September 2004 - October 2005, p. 20, illustrated (Los Angeles only) (detail, installation photograph at the Jewish Museum), endsheet, illustrated (Smithson carrying one unit)
Literature
Robert Hobbs, Robert Smithson: Sculpture, London, 1981, cat. no. 5, p. 65, illustrated
Jack Flam ed., Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings, Los Angeles, 1996, p. 12, illustrated
Jack Flam ed., Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings, Los Angeles, 1996, p. 12, illustrated