Michael Heizer

Art Before Life #2
1969

Two black and white photographs mounted on a beige paper spread with handwritten notes and annotations. The left photo shows a textured surface, possibly a close-up of a natural formation, while the right photo depicts a lunar-like landscape with craters. Handwritten text, some of which is redacted with black marker, provides context and dates, mentioning the years 1968 and 1969. There are also sketches of arrows and shapes on the right side of the spread.
Two black and white photographs mounted on a beige paper spread with handwritten notes and annotations. The left photo shows a textured surface, possibly a close-up of a natural formation, while the right photo depicts a lunar-like landscape with craters. Handwritten text, some of which is redacted with black marker, provides context and dates, mentioning the years 1968 and 1969. There are also sketches of arrows and shapes on the right side of the spread.

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Date
1969

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print, commerical print, ink, and fiber-tipper marker on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 17 × 23 11/16in. (43.2 × 60.2 cm)

Accession number
2014.396

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Estate of Robert Smithson

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Michael Heizer
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