Poster, Movie Treatment for Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1970

About the work

Poster for a film about Robert Smithson’s earthwork sculpture, Spiral Jetty, located in Great Salt Lake, Utah. The poster is advertising the showing of the film in an exhibition at the Dwan Gallery in New York City from October 31–November 25, 1970. The sheet is completely covered with film storyboard sketches for sequencing of the documentary. The top (Part 1) shows shots of dust, road, mountains, and the Hall of Late Dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History. The center of the poster shows water shots and the placing of stakes. The bottom (Part 2) shows sketches of aerial views of the Spiral Jetty. Reproductions of handwritten notes accompany the small drawings. Both the notes and images are printed in black against a tan or light brown background.

Poster, Movie Treatment for Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1970; Designed by Robert Smithson (American, 1938–1973); offset lithograph on tan paper; 96.5 × 55.5 cm (38 × 21 7/8 in.); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Funds; 1999-45-25

Poster, Movie Treatment for Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1970 is available in the public domain via Creative Commons No Copyright .