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1968

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1999

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Poster, Walter De Maria, 50 M ³ (1600 cubic feet) Level Dirt, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, Germany

This is a Poster. It is dated 1968 and we acquired it in 1999. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Funds.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 60.6 × 57.8 cm (23 7/8 × 22 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted at right side, center: WALTER DE MARIA/ 50 M 3 (1600 CUBIC FEET) LEVEL DIRT/GALERIE HEINER FRIEDRICH MUNCHEN/MAXIMILIANSTRASSE 15/ TELEFON 295021/ 28.SEPTEMBER - 10.OCTOBER 1968 Imprinted in caps at left side, center: PURE DIRT - PURE EARTH - PURE LAND/ NO OBJECT ON IT/ NO OBJECT IN IT/ NO MARKINGS ON IT/NO MARKINGS IN IT/ NOTHING GROWING ON IT/NOTHING GROWING IN IT

Cite this object as

Poster, Walter De Maria, 50 M ³ (1600 cubic feet) Level Dirt, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, Germany; offset lithograph on paper; H x W: 60.6 × 57.8 cm (23 7/8 × 22 3/4 in.); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Funds; 1999-45-11

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