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Chalk–Mirror Displacement

A work made of graphite on off-white graph paper.
Art © Estate of Robert Smithson / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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  • A work made of graphite on off-white graph paper.

Date:

1969

Artist:

Robert Smithson
American, 1938-1973

About this artwork

This drawing was made in preparation for a sculpture with a similar title in the Art Institute’s collection (1987.277).

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Robert Smithson

Title

Chalk–Mirror Displacement

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1969

Medium

Graphite on off-white graph paper

Dimensions

27.5 × 43.1 cm (10 7/8 × 17 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Irving Stenn Jr. Drawings Collection

Reference Number

2004.909

Copyright

Art © Estate of Robert Smithson / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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