Robert Smithson

Now Moving
c. 1961–1963

This is a mixed media artwork featuring a surreal composition with a human body and a bird's head, set against a background that resembles a yellow and grey mosaic pattern. The top of the image includes a blue strip with a small photograph and the handwritten text "now morning." The overall piece has a dreamlike, collage-like quality.

This is a mixed media artwork featuring a surreal composition with a human body and a bird's head, set against a background that resembles a yellow and grey mosaic pattern. The top of the image includes a blue strip with a small photograph and the handwritten text "now morning." The overall piece has a dreamlike, collage-like quality.

Not on view

Date
c. 1961–1963

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Collage, opaque watercolor, and pastel on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 15/16 × 18 7/16in. (45.6 × 46.8 cm)

Accession number
88.5

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

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

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artworks/7181

Robert Smithson
16 works in the collection, 14 exhibitions

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