Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Robert Smithson across 3 places, from 1954 to 1973.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Robert Smithson (January 2, 1938 – July 20, 1973) was an American artist known for sculpture and land art who often used drawing and photography in relation to the spatial arts.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Robert Smithson was documented, and when
1954 to 1956period
New York Cityattested“He studied painting and drawing in New York City at the Art Students League of New York from 1954 to 1956 and then briefly at the Brooklyn Museum Art School.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Smithson
1954 to 1956period
New Yorkattested“He studied painting and drawing in New York City at the Art Students League of New York from 1954 to 1956 and then briefly at the Brooklyn Museum Art School.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Smithson
20 July 1973exact date
Amarillo, Texasattested“On July 20, 1973, Smithson, a photographer and the pilot died in a light aircraft crash while inspecting the site of Amarillo Ramp on the ranch of Stanley Marsh 3 near Amarillo, Texas, in a Beechcraft Baron E55; the National Transportati…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Smithson
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1967year
New Jerseymentioned“In 1967 Smithson began exploring industrial areas around New Jersey and was fascinated by the sight of dump trucks excavating tons of earth and rock that he described in an essay as the equivalents of the monuments of antiquity.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Smithson
1968year
Virginia City, Nevadamentioned“In 1968, he visited the American West for the first time with Nancy Holt and Michael Heizer to Virginia City, Nevada and Lone Pine, California.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Smithson
1968year
American Westmentioned“In 1968, he visited the American West for the first time with Nancy Holt and Michael Heizer to Virginia City, Nevada and Lone Pine, California.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Smithson
1970year
Utahmentioned“Spiral Jetty (1970) is a work of land art in the form of a 1,500-foot-long (460 m), 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) counterclockwise spiral of local basalt rocks and mud, forming a jetty that juts from the shore of the Great Salt Lake near Rozel Po…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Smithson
1970year
Kent State Universitymentioned“Partially Buried Woodshed (1970) is an earthwork created at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Smithson
1970year
Kent, Ohiomentioned“Partially Buried Woodshed (1970) is an earthwork created at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Smithson
1970year
Kentmentioned“Partially Buried Woodshed (1970) is an earthwork created at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Smithson
1971year
Emmen, Netherlandsmentioned“In 1971 Smithson created Broken Circle/Spiral Hill in Emmen, the Netherlands as part of the Sonsbeek art festival.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Smithson
1973year
Utahmentioned“In 1973 he designed the Bingham Canyon Reclamation Project, a visionary proposal for the copper pit mine in Utah owned by the Kennecott Copper Corporation.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Smithson
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