Artist Monograph

Robert Smithson, American

American, 1938–1973

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Drawing 50 67.6%
Other Media 12 16.2%
Video 4 5.4%
Lithography 3 4.1%
Photography 2 2.7%
Film 1 1.4%
Printmaking 1 1.4%
Watercolor 1 1.4%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 64 86.5%
Media and Performance 5 6.8%
Painting & Sculpture 4 5.4%
Photography 1 1.4%

Production by Decade

3
0s
33
1960s
35
1970s
1
1990s
2
2000s

Classification Types

  • Drawing — 60
  • Video — 5
  • Sculpture — 4
  • Print — 4
  • Photograph — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)1015.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)5583.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)11.5%

Range: 5.0 cm → 845.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19712
19791
19813
19831
19841
19879
19916
19942
19982
20015
20041
20052
20079
20085
20098
20102
20113
20131
20153
20162
20184
20221

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas