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Partially Buried Woodshed [upper right]

Robert Smithson · 1970

Robert Smithson: American, 1938 - 1973

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Partially Buried Woodshed [upper right]

1970

black felt-tip pen on wove paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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black felt-tip pen on wove paper
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sheet: 22.9 x 30.5 cm (9 x 12 in.)
Collection no.
1998.116.1.b
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Collection: National Gallery of Art

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Partially Buried Woodshed [upper right] — Robert Smithson. 1970.

Medium: black felt-tip pen on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 22.9 x 30.5 cm (9 x 12 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1998.116.1.b. Gift of the Estate of Robert Smithson and Werner H. Kramarsky.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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