Walter De Maria
The New York Earth Room, 1977
Walter De Maria, The New York Earth Room, 1977. © Estate of Walter De Maria. Photo: John Cliett
Overview
The New York Earth Room is an interior earth sculpture by Walter De Maria. Created in 1977, the work spans over 3,600 square feet of floor space and consists of 250 cubic yards of earth, measuring 22 inches deep. This work is the third Earth Room sculpture by the artist and it has been on view to the public since 1980. The first Earth Room sculpture was installed in Munich in 1968 and the second in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1974. The first two works no longer exist.
Artwork Details
- Artist
- Walter De Maria
- Title
- The New York Earth Room
- Year
- 1977
- Medium
- Earth, peat and bark
- Credit line
- Dia Art Foundation
- Reference number
- 1980.135
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Location
- 141 Wooster Street, New York–Temporarily closed
Artist
Walter De Maria
Walter De Maria was born in Albany, California, in 1935. He died in Los Angeles in 2013.