1981.3: Spiral Mangrove Swamp

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1981.3

People

Robert Smithson, American (Passaic NJ 1938 - 1973 Amarillo, TX)

Title

Spiral Mangrove Swamp

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1971

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309152

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 47.8 x 60.9 cm (18 13/16 x 24 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.r.: R Smithson / 71
• inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Spiral Mangrove Swamp / build on sand bar / in shallow water / one years growth.
• inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: [upside down:] 9
• gallery label: removed from backing? now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: Catalogue no. 020-033
• gallery label: removed from backing? now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: No. 9276
• exhibition label: removed from backing? now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto, Ontario]. [John Weber Gallery, New York, New York].
sold; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1981.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lee

Copyright

© Robert Smithson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

1981

Object Number

1981.3

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Robert Smithson: Drawings, New York Cultural Center, New York, 04/19/1974 - 06/16/1974
• HAA 1 Survey Course (S421): Landmarks of World Art and Architecture (Spring 2010), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/05/2010 - 05/09/2010

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