Par$ally

Buried Woodshed

Robert Smithson, 1970

celeiro e 20 caminhões de terra
5,5 x 3 x 13,7 m
Kent State University, Ohio

Robert Smithson, Par1ally Buried Woodshed, 1970, caneta sobre papel, 27,9 x 48,3 cm
 Par$ally Buried Woodshed

This work fulfilled Smithson’s long-held desire to bury a building

and allow for its decomposi$on. The abandoned woodshed was
already in existence on the Kent State campus in Ohio. Smithson
piled earth atop the structure un$l the center beam cracked. AQer
the infamous shoo$ng of unarmed student protestors by the
Na$onal Guard, someone anonymously painted “MAY 4 KENT 70”
on a horizontal beam in commemora$on. The structure was
par$ally burned down in 1975, causing further collapse. At
present, all that remains of the piece is the concrete founda$on
and a large mound of dirt.

(Holt/Smithson Founda$on)
Robert Smithson, Par$ally Buried Woodshed, entre 1970 e 1975
Robert Smithson, Par$ally Buried Woodshed, após 1975.
Robert Smithson, Par$ally Buried Woodshed, atualmente.