A Nonsite, Pine Barrens, New Jersey

1967

Robert Smithson

Artist, American, 1938 - 1973

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    Photostat of map with typed text

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Virginia Dwan

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.4 × 27.1 cm (7 1/4 × 10 11/16 in.)
    mount: 32 × 27 cm (12 5/8 × 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2013.19.2.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia Dwan, New York; gift to NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: R. Smithson 67; lower center, typed on label: A NONSITE (an indoor earthwork) / 31 sub-divisions based on a hexagonal / "airfield" in the Woodmansie Quadrangle - / New Jersey (Topographic) map. Each sub - / division of the Nonsite contains sand / from the site shown on the map. Tours / between the Nonsite and the site are possible. / The red dot on the map is the place where / the sand was collected.

Wikidata ID

Q64169892

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