Michael Heizer

Circular Surface Planar Displacement Etching
1972

A black and white photograph focusing on the lower legs and feet of a person wearing dark lace-up shoes, standing on a concrete surface with distinct shadows cast by the sun. The ground features a few scattered circular marks and a small, discarded object to the right.
A black and white photograph focusing on the lower legs and feet of a person wearing dark lace-up shoes, standing on a concrete surface with distinct shadows cast by the sun. The ground features a few scattered circular marks and a small, discarded object to the right.

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Date
1972

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print mounted on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 24 × 32in. (61 × 81.3 cm) Image: 24 × 32in. (61 × 81.3 cm) Mount (board): 24 × 32 × 1/16in. (61 × 81.3 × 0.2 cm)

Accession number
2010.230

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Steven Johnson and Walter Sudol

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
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Michael Heizer
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