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Island of Stairs

Date:

1969

Artist:

Robert Smithson
American, 1938-1973

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Robert Smithson

Title

Island of Stairs

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 and brown crayon, with felt-tip pen, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

48.3 × 61 cm (19 1/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Promised gift of The Stenn Family

Reference Number

Obj: 212393

Extended information about this artwork

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