Robert Smithson, Dead Wood (1959)
Oil on canvas

© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

A 1959 abstract painting in dark earth tones by Robert Smithson. Painted lines intersect each other in a loose perpendicular manner.

Robert Smithson, Dead Wood (1959)
Oil on canvas

© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

Robert Smithson, Dead Wood [detail] (1959)
Oil on canvas
Dimensions unknown

© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

detail of an abstract painting with chaotic brushmarks in black, brown, and yellow

Robert Smithson, Dead Wood [detail] (1959)
Oil on canvas
Dimensions unknown

© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

Robert Smithson, Dead Wood [detail] (1959)
Oil on canvas
Dimensions unknown

© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

detail of an abstract painting with chaotic brushmarks in black, brown, and yellow

Robert Smithson, Dead Wood [detail] (1959)
Oil on canvas
Dimensions unknown

© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

Robert Smithson, Dead Wood [detail] (1959)
Oil on canvas
Dimensions unknown

© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

detail of an abstract painting with chaotic brushmarks in black, brown, and yellow

Robert Smithson, Dead Wood [detail] (1959)
Oil on canvas
Dimensions unknown

© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

Robert Smithson, Dead Wood [detail] (1959)
Oil on canvas
Dimensions unknown

© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

detail of an abstract painting with chaotic brushmarks in black, brown, and yellow

Robert Smithson, Dead Wood [detail] (1959)
Oil on canvas
Dimensions unknown

© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

Dead Wood

Robert Smithson

1959

Oil on canvas

© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

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