Walter De Maria, The New York Earth Room
141 Wooster Street New York City
Walter De Maria, The New York Earth Room, 1977. © Estate of Walter De Maria. Photo: John Cliett
Overview
An interior earth sculpture.
250 cubic yards of earth (197 cubic meters)
3,600 square feet of floor space (335 square meters)
22 inch depth of material (56 centimeters)
Total weight of sculpture: 280,000 lbs. (127,300 kilos)
The New York Earth Room, 1977, is the third Earth Room sculpture executed by the artist, the first being in Munich, Germany in 1968. The second was installed at the Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt, Germany in 1974. The first two works no longer exist.
The New York Earth Room has been on long-term view to the public since 1977. This work was commissioned and is maintained by Dia Art Foundation.
Visitor Information
The New York Earth Room is temporarily closed. For more information, click here.
The New York Earth Room is located at 141 Wooster Street in New York City.
Hours
Wednesday–Sunday, 12–6 pm (closed from 3–3:30 pm)
Also closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
Admission
Admission is free
The New York Earth Room is a work of art meant to be viewed, not entered. Please do not touch the work. Photography is not permitted.
Artist
Walter De Maria
Walter De Maria was born in Albany, California, in 1935. He died in Los Angeles in 2013.
Related Sites
Books
Photo: Don Stahl
Artists on Walter De Maria
Artists on Walter De Maria is the second installment in a series culled from Dia Art Foundation’s Artists on Artists lectures, focused on the work of artist Walter De Maria. It features contributions from Richard Aldrich, Jeanne Dunning, Guillermo Faivovich and Nicolás Goldberg, and Terry Winters.
Walter De Maria: The New York Earth Room Poster
Full-color offset poster Created to celebrate the public opening of Walter De Maria’s The New York Earth Room on January 1, 1980.