Robert Smithson (1938-1973)
Robert Smithson (1938-1973)

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.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist
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).

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