Salt Flat

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Title Salt Flat
Creator Dennis Oppenheim
Creator Nationality American
Site Sixth Avenue
Location City/State New York, New York
Location Country United States
Style Period 20th Century Art; Contemporary Art
Description Oppenheim spread 1,000 pounds of salt in a rectangle on an asphalt surface. Identical dimensions were transferred in 30 x 30 x 60 cm salt lick blocks to the ocean floor off the Bahama coast. Identical dimensions were excavated to a depth of 30 cm in the Salt Lake Desert, UT. Documentation of these events in the form of photographs and maps were exhibited in the gallery.
Subject Earth Art; Earthworks; Land Art; Environmental Art
Creation Date 1968 CE
Medium color photographs, black and white photographs, topographic map
Dimensions 152 x 102 cm
Source Land and Environmental Art. Phaidon, London, 1998.
Work ID 12761
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6nw2wct
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 38508
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nw2wct
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