Interview with Robert Smithson
odd: label: General
content: Audio quality is poor; one side of each tape is blank.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Smithson, Robert
label: Interviewer
content: Robbin, Tony
topic: label: Occupation
content: Conceptual artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Environmental artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Gift of interviewer Tony Robbin, 1992.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Smithson, Robert
label: Interviewer
content: Robbin, Tony
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Smithson (1938-1973) was a sculptor based in New York, N.Y. and was a founder of the land art movement.

Tony Robbin, the interviewer is a writer, painter and sculptor.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound cassettes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smitrobe3
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Robert Smithson conducted 1968 by Tony Robbin. Smithson discusses the conceptual theories that he employs in creating his artwork; the relationship between the "site" and the "nonsite" in his work; systems; and maps. Some works are physically described and a list of works and their measurements is read by Smithson.