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A coil of black rock reaches into a salt lake, and rows of steel poles change with the sky over New Mexico. These photos show how land artists used shorelines, deserts and even a vacant lot to make work on the scale of a landscape. Some pieces remain in place. Others survive in photographs that show what stood there and how it fit the site.

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Spiral Jetty
Spiral Jetty: Robert Smithson, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1970 The black basalt traces a 1,500-foot coil at Rozel Point. From…
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Sun Tunnels
Sun Tunnels: Nancy Holt, Great Basin Desert, Utah, 1973–76 One concrete tube frames another and a slice of mountain…
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Wheatfield — A Confrontation
Wheatfield — A Confrontation: Agnes Denes, Lower Manhattan, New York, 1982 Denes stands amid ripe wheat with the city…
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Surrounded Islands
Surrounded Islands: Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Biscayne Bay, Florida, 1983 Floating pink fabric follows the shoreline of…
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Double Negative
Double Negative: Michael Heizer, Mormon Mesa, Nevada, 1969 A trench drops into the rock in the foreground. Across a natural…
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Broken Circle/Spiral Hill
Broken Circle/Spiral Hill: Robert Smithson, Emmen, Netherlands, 1971 The Broken Circle half of the work cuts a curved strip…
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Running Fence
Running Fence: Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1976 In this helicopter photograph, a line…
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The Lightning Field
The Lightning Field: Walter De Maria, western New Mexico, 1977 The near pole takes up most of the height of the photo. More…
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Observatory
Observatory: Robert Morris, Flevoland, Netherlands, 1977 Seen from the air, concentric banks of earth enclose a grass…
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The Vertical Earth Kilometer
The Vertical Earth Kilometer: Walter De Maria, Kassel, Germany, 1977 A brass circle sits flush with the surface. It is the…
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7000 Oaks
7000 Oaks: Joseph Beuys, Kassel, Germany, 1982–87 A dark basalt marker stands beside the tree in the shade. This pairing…
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Another Place (sculpture)
Another Place (sculpture): Antony Gormley, Crosby Beach, England Cast-iron figures stand at different distances across the…
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Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Charles and Maggie Keswick Jencks, Portrack, Scotland Low, stepped landforms rise beside a…
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Storm King Wall
Storm King Wall: Andy Goldsworthy, Storm King Art Center, New York, 1997–98 The stone wall approaches the pond between the…
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Storm King Wavefield
Storm King Wavefield: Maya Lin, Storm King Art Center, New York, 2007–08 Parallel rows of grass-covered ridges roll through…
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City (artwork)
City (artwork): Michael Heizer, Garden Valley, Nevada Angular concrete forms stand in front of long banks of earth. The…
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Roden Crater
Roden Crater: James Turrell, northern Arizona Light gathers at the far end of the Alpha Tunnel. The passage is built into a…
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Cretto di Burri
Cretto di Burri: Alberto Burri, Gibellina, Sicily, 1985–2015 White concrete covers the rubble of the town destroyed in the…
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Desert Breath
Desert Breath: D.A.ST. Arteam, El Gouna, Egypt, 1997 At ground level, shadows pick out the hollows in the foreground, while…
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A Line Made by Walking
A Line Made by Walking: Richard Long, England, 1967 A pale line runs through the grass toward the trees. Long made it by…
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Star Axis
Star Axis: Charles Ross, New Mexico A staircase rises between triangular walls toward the Star Tunnel. Ross aligned the…

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