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'''Robert Smithson''' (January 2, 1938 – July 20, 1973) was an American artist known for his use of photography in relation to sculpture and land art.  He was a part of the minimalist movement.
[[File:Spiral-jetty-from-rozel-point.png|thumb|left|The spiral jetty]]
Smithson constructed a large jetty into the [[Great Salt Lake]] as a work of art, and it is his best known work of art.  The varying mineral content and algae of the water produces a gradient of color along the jetty. Smithson documented the construction of the sculpture in a 32-minute color film also titled ''Spiral Jetty''.

On July 20, 1973, Smithson died in a plane crash, while surveying sites for his work ''Amarillo Ramp'' in the vicinity of [[Amarillo]], [[Texas]].
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