Burning Petroleum, from "Earth Projects, A Suite of 10 Prints" / Robert Morris
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.47
- Title
- Burning Petroleum, 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 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Manoogian
- 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
- 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 contour map with a red line and a small red colored shape. On the right there are two diagrams, one above the other, and connected by vertical lines. On the bottom is a cross section plan with two yellow colored hills and a concave section between them. This section is filled with jagged red form on top of a green form with wavy lines. The plan above that is a bird’s eye view with red and green sections corresponding to the diagram below. There are word labels for these diagrams.
- 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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- buildings and the land
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- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1313 x 989
- File Size
- 67 KB
- Record
- 1973/2.47
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1973-sl-2.47/1973_2.47.jpg
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"Burning Petroleum, 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-2.47/1973_2.47.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
