Works on Paper

A graphite drawing on graph paper of a pyramid shape created by handwritten cursive text

A heap of Language

Robert Smithson

1966

black and white image of the center of a large mine, with spiraling center circle

Bingham Copper Mining Pit—Utah / Reclamation Project

Robert Smithson

1973

Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, Utah, USA

graphite drawing of a circular jetty and canal

Broken Circle Emmen

Robert Smithson

1971

a drawing of a flat mass of sulfur and tar with handwritten annotations

Cambrian Map of Sulfur and Tar

Robert Smithson

1969

a black cross with geometric patterns emanating from it and a christ figure trapped underneath the fallen cross.

Robert Smithson

1961

a drawing of a top down view of two feet with spiral lines emanating from the ankle area

Robert Smithson

1961

a graphite drawing of white angular lines forking out from a central point

Robert Smithson

1971

graphite drawing of an imagined island landscape

Robert Smithson

1970

a drawing of a spiral jetty along a shore with handwritten notations

Spiral Jetty in Red Salt Water

Robert Smithson

c. 1970

Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

collage and drawing on graph paper depicting a theoretical continent of Lemuria, a map, and many handwritten notes

The Hypothetical Continent of Lemuria

Robert Smithson

1969

a graphite drawing and paper collage depicting an underground movie theater

Towards the Development of a Cinema Cavern or the Movie Goer as Spelunker

Robert Smithson

1971

a nude woman surrounded by collaged dinosaurs and a yellow background

Robert Smithson

1963

horizontal bands of color in the center of the drwing with wings and nude angels on the left and right sides

Untitled [Striped Center]

Robert Smithson

1964