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19 - Robert Smithson (American, 1938-1973)
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Robert Smithson (American, 1938-1973) Forking Island - 1971 Pencil and felt-tip pen on paper 22 x 29 cm Signed and dated top right Provenance: John Weber Gallery, Estate of Robert Smithson, New York Galerie Vega, Plainevaux (1991) The Robert and Suzanne Pannier Collection, Bruges Published: Robert Smithson. Drawings from the Estate [exhibition catalog] Munster, Sorø, Munich, 1989, p.119 (ill.) Exhibited: Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster (25 June - 27 August 1989)； Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum, Sorø (16 September - 15 October 1989)； Kunstraum, Munich (28 November 1989 - 3 February 1990), Robert Smithson. Drawings from the Estate, cat.120 (ill.) In May 1971, Robert Smithson traveled to the southern coast of Florida for three weeks with the intention of making a forking island and an island maze off one of the Florida Keys. While these earthworks remained unrealized, Smithson captured his ideas for the hypothetical islands through drawings and paintings.
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