1966
graphite
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1966 graphite by Robert Smithson, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows a rocky shore meeting a calm, gray sea under a flat sky. On the cliff’s edge sits a simple wooden cube, like a box left behind. The foreground rocks are rough and textured, while the water looks smooth and distant. The cube is the only thing out of place—it’s not natural, but placed there by the artist. The rest of the scene looks like a real landscape, but the cube makes you wonder why it’s there. Look up Robert Smithson to see how he used real places and objects in his art.
Robert Smithson was an American artist known for sculpture and land art who often used drawing and photography in relation to the spatial arts.
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