Robert Smithson

Untitled
1960

An abstract expressionist painting featuring a chaotic composition with bold brushstrokes and a dark color palette. Elements resembling an eye and skeletal structures are discernible among the textured layers of paint. The artwork is signed and dated in the upper right corner.

An abstract expressionist painting featuring a chaotic composition with bold brushstrokes and a dark color palette. Elements resembling an eye and skeletal structures are discernible among the textured layers of paint. The artwork is signed and dated in the upper right corner.

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Date
1960

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Collage and opaque watercolor on board

Dimensions
Overall: 21 × 29 3/8 × 1/8in. (53.3 × 74.6 × 0.3 cm)

Accession number
2006.97

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Partial gift of Raymond Saroff and purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Robert Smithson / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/26067

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Robert Smithson
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