Art, literature & historyChalk–Mirror Displacement
1969
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Graphite on off-white graph paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 × 43.1 cm (10 7/8 × 17 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2004.909
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Chalk–Mirror Displacement — Robert Smithson. 1969.
Medium: Graphite on off-white graph paper. Dimensions: 27.5 × 43.1 cm (10 7/8 × 17 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
This drawing was made in preparation for a sculpture with a similar title in the Art Institute’s collection (1987.277).
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.