Robert Smithson Died in Amarillo, Texas – July 20, 1973
Photo of Sprial Jetty by Gianfranco Gorgoni
Photo of Robert Smithson by Gianfranco Gorgoni
“…the artist seeks…. the fiction that reality will sooner or later imitate.”
Robert Smithson from “A Museum of Language in the Vicinity of Art,” 1968
Robert Smithson homepage (simply fabulous)
Robert Smithson by Alice Neel
On July 20, 1973, Smithson died in a plane crash, while surveying sites for his work Amarillo Ramp in the vicinity of AmarilloOn July 20, 1973, Smithson died in a plane crash, while surveying sites for his work Amarillo Ramp in the vicinity of Amarillo, Texas. (via wiki)
Nancy Holt his widow passed away last February.