Robert Smithson — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works251

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Previous Sales 13

Sotheby's

Spiral Jetty

Unknown

Apr 2022

Christie's

The Flayed Angels, 1961

$62,500

May 2014

Christie's

UNTITLED [ARCHANGEL MICHAEL AND THE DRAGON], 1960

$40,000

Jul 2013

Christie's

Non-Site (South of Death Valley, Chalk Collected Somewhere between Riggs and Silver Lake on Route 127), 1968

Christie's

Christie's

Robert Smithson (1938-1973), 1961

Christie's

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Underground Projection Room (Utah Museum Plan)

$11,970

Jun 2023

Christie's

Double Nonsite, California and Nevada, 1968

Sotheby's

Phillips · Artsy

Crayon and felt-tip pen on paper

Marian Goodman Gallery · Artsy

Untitled, 1971

No longer available

Pencil on paper

Marian Goodman Gallery · Artsy

Untitled, 1961

No longer available

Paint on paper

For Sale 4

Marian Goodman Gallery · Artsy

Cement Ocean

Price on request

Pencil on paper

Marian Goodman Gallery · Artsy

Wreckage, 1961

Price on request

Ink on paper

Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie · Artsy

Spiral Hill, 1971

For sale

Marian Goodman Gallery · Artsy

Untitled, 1961

Price on request

Ink and watercolor on paper

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Market158 auction results

trending_upWorks on paper Range

$11.3K – $21.7K

5 of 6 works on paper lots with prices

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$16.1K

Object-type specific

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$12.0K

5 priced works on paper lots

calendar_todayLast Works on paper Sale

Jun 2023 · $12.0K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

categoryMarket by Object Type

Works on paper: $12.0K medianPaintings: $56.3K medianSculpture/objects: $4.3M medianPhotographs: $387K medianPosters/ephemera: $17.4K medianBooks/portfolios: $1.4K medianUnclassified lots: $1.8M median

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Sotheby'sChristie'sShannon's Fine Art AuctioneersGrogan & Company

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Education1

Art Students League New York

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Publications5

Monograph 1

Robert Smithson

MIT Press · 2003

Exhibition Catalog 1

Julia Stoschek Collection Number One: Destroy, She Said

Hatje Cantz · 2008

Survey 3

Artists in Love

Rizzoli · 2016

Institutional Critique Author

MIT Press · 2011

New Art in the 60s and 70s: Redefining Reality

Thames & Hudson · 2004

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Current Exhibitions0

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