Robert Smithson

June 23–Oct 23, 2005

A black geometric wall sculpture of repeating stepped blocks forming a triangular wave pattern.
A black geometric wall sculpture of repeating stepped blocks forming a triangular wave pattern.

Robert Smithson, Alogon, 1966. Painted stainless steel, overall: 35 1/2 × 73 1/2 × 35 1/2 in. (90.2 × 186.7 × 90.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 67.8a-g. © Estate of Robert Smithson / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Robert Smithson was organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The New York installation was organized by Chrissie Iles.


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