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Eye of Blood
Details
Robert Smithson (1938-1973)
Eye of Blood
signed and dated '60 R. Smithson' (lower right)
gouache, tempera and paper collage on cardboard
33 x 24 in. (83.8 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1960.
Eye of Blood
signed and dated '60 R. Smithson' (lower right)
gouache, tempera and paper collage on cardboard
33 x 24 in. (83.8 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1960.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist
George Lester, Connecticut and Rome
By descent to the present owner
George Lester, Connecticut and Rome
By descent to the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Marlene Eleini Gallery, Robert Smithson: Early Works, March-May 1988.
Valància, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Robert Smithson Une Retropsective 1960 - 1973: Drawings & Sculpture, May-July 1993. Oslo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art; Stockholm, Modern Museum and Ishoj, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Robert Smithson Retrospective: Works 1955-1973, February 1999-January 2000.
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Dallas Museum of Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, Robert Smithson, September 2004-October 2005, pp. 58-59 (illustrated).
Valància, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Robert Smithson Une Retropsective 1960 - 1973: Drawings & Sculpture, May-July 1993. Oslo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art; Stockholm, Modern Museum and Ishoj, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Robert Smithson Retrospective: Works 1955-1973, February 1999-January 2000.
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Dallas Museum of Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, Robert Smithson, September 2004-October 2005, pp. 58-59 (illustrated).