1969—1970

a truck dumping black asphalt onto an earthen hillside

Asphalt Rundown

Robert Smithson

1969

Cava dei Selce, Rome, Italy

a drawing of a flat mass of sulfur and tar with handwritten annotations

Cambrian Map of Sulfur and Tar

Robert Smithson

1969

black and white, a young man and woman seated next to each other in conversation

East Coast/West Coast

Robert Smithson

1969

a white sand beach with a pile of sea shells arranged into a long round oval shape. blue sky and ocean in the background

Hypothetical Continent in Shells: Lemuria

Robert Smithson

1969

Sanibel Island, Florida

graphite drawing of an imagined island landscape

Robert Smithson

1970

grassy hilside with seven mirrors placed in line one behind the other on the ground

Mirror Displacement (Brambles)

Robert Smithson

1969

England, U.K.

seven mirrors leaning on a grassy slope

Mirror Displacement (Grassy Slope)

Robert Smithson

1969

England, U.K.

a dead tree on its side inside a gallery space with long rectangular mirrors positioned in and on the tree

Mirror Displacement: Indoors (Tree from Langenfeld, Germany)

Robert Smithson

1969

Created for Prospect 69 at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany

a wooden structure covered in earth on the right side and on top

Partially Buried Woodshed

Robert Smithson

1970

Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty photographed from the air.

Robert Smithson

1970

Great Salt Lake, Utah

a drawing of a spiral jetty along a shore with handwritten notations

Spiral Jetty in Red Salt Water

Robert Smithson

ca. 1970

Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

A still from the film Spiral Jetty shot from a helicopter.

Spiral Jetty [film]

Robert Smithson

1970

Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah

collage and drawing on graph paper depicting a theoretical continent of Lemuria, a map, and many handwritten notes

The Hypothetical Continent of Lemuria

Robert Smithson

1969

a tree sticking out of the sand upside down on a beach

Upside Down Tree II

Robert Smithson

1969

Captiva Island, Florida, USA