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Heizer, since 1967, has been one of the leading practitioners of Earthworks, along with Dennis Oppenheim and Robert Smithson. Just as earthworks undergo transformation due to erosion, seasonal changes, and the passage of time, on a much smaller scale and in a much different way the sandwich in this drawing has undergone changes from the original state depicted between the other two images.
Heizer was born in Berkeley, California in 1944 and studied at the San Francisco Art Institute. The fact that his father was an anthropologist who took his young son along on archaeological expeditions may help explain Heizer's later interests in earthworks.
Source: Bulletin, May-June 1974.
Exhibition History"Diversity of Line: A Selection from the Permanent Collection," Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 16, 1990 - April 7, 1991
"Director's Choice," thirty-four works of art purchased with the Director's Discretionary Fund, 1973-1982 - a gift to the Des Moines Art Center from the Gardner and Florence Call Cowles Foundation, Des Moines Art Center, Sept. 13 - Nov. 13, 1983
"Food as Art," Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, June 24 - Aug. 15, 1976
"Eat/Art Show," Sioux City Art Center, Feb. 1 - Mar. 7, 1976
"American Drawings 1963-1973," Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y., May 25 - July 22, 1973
Published ReferencesElke M. Solomon, "American Drawings 1963 - 1973," Whitney Museum of American Art, N. Y., 1973, exh. cat. ref. p.58
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.82
DMAC Gallery Guide for "Diversity of Line," Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 1990
"Director's Choice," Des Moines Art Center, 1983, exh. cat. b/w ill.
DMAC Bulletin, May/June 1974, ill.
Exhibition History"Diversity of Line: A Selection from the Permanent Collection," Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 16, 1990 - April 7, 1991
"Director's Choice," thirty-four works of art purchased with the Director's Discretionary Fund, 1973-1982 - a gift to the Des Moines Art Center from the Gardner and Florence Call Cowles Foundation, Des Moines Art Center, Sept. 13 - Nov. 13, 1983
"Food as Art," Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, June 24 - Aug. 15, 1976
"Eat/Art Show," Sioux City Art Center, Feb. 1 - Mar. 7, 1976
"American Drawings 1963-1973," Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y., May 25 - July 22, 1973
Published ReferencesElke M. Solomon, "American Drawings 1963 - 1973," Whitney Museum of American Art, N. Y., 1973, exh. cat. ref. p.58
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.82
DMAC Gallery Guide for "Diversity of Line," Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 1990
"Director's Choice," Des Moines Art Center, 1983, exh. cat. b/w ill.
DMAC Bulletin, May/June 1974, ill.
DimensionsPlate: 36 1/2 × 44 1/2 in. (92.7 × 113 cm)
Accession Number 1973.4
Classificationswork on paper
InscriptionsHeizer 73 (l,r graphite)
ProvenanceArtist. (Fourcade, Droll Inc., New York); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1973]
