Robert Smithson

Ithaca Mirror Trail, Ithaca, New York

1969

© The estate of Robert Smithson/VAGA, New York/DACS, London 2018

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Artist: Robert Smithson 1938–1973
Medium: Slide, 35 mm, 8 slides, projection, colour, 8 photographs, colour, Cibachrome print, on paper and map
Dimensions: Overall display dimensions variable
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased with funds provided by the American Patrons of the Tate Gallery, courtesy of the Tate American Collectors Forum 2002
Reference: T07868

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