Piles and Pits, from "Earth Projects, A Suite of 10 Prints" / Robert Morris

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Accession Number
1973/2.48
Title
Piles and Pits, from "Earth Projects, A Suite of 10 Prints"
Artist
Robert Morris
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
Born 1931
Medium and Support
lithograph on Rives BFK Paper
Object Creation Date
1969
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Inscription
Signed and dated, in pencil, l.r.: Robert Morris/69 Numbered, in pencil, l.l.: 51/125 Watermark, lower or right edge: B F K RIVES
Dimensions
76.2 cm x 56.2 cm (30 in. x 22 1/8 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
lithograph
Physical Description
This lithograph on white wove paper is horizontally oriented with a grid of light gray lines on a white background. On the left side is a yellow and green contour map with a red rectangle, at an angle, in the center portion of the map. On the right side there are diagrams connected by vertical lines. On the bottom there are cross section plans for a pit in the ground and a pile of rocks in water. Above these is a small contour map. There are word labels throughout this work.
Subject Matter
This print is one of a series of ten works in a portfolio titled, "Earth Projects." They were pulled in the Detroit Workshop at the Common Ground of the Arts in Detroit during the summer and fall of 1969. Robert Morris stated, "They are organized around certain phenomena that can best be experienced outside... dust storms, earthquakes, plowed fields, sudden changes of temperature, Indian mounds, concrete dams, formal gardens, steam rising from city streets, natural disasters and aftermath, suburban hedges and gravel paths, burning industrial wastes storage dumps of vast quantities of materials...most of the projects would, if built, be of such a scale that the whole of the work could not be seen. This would allow the body [to explore the work] through walking rather than through an instantaneous visual impression." The immense scale of these projects often meant that the work’s overall structure or shape would be visible to the spectator only from a distance, while the experience in greater proximity to the work would necessarily be only partial.
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1321 x 997
File Size
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Record
1973/2.48
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"Piles and Pits, from "Earth Projects, A Suite of 10 Prints"; Robert Morris." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1973-sl-2.48/1973_2.48.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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