ACTUAL SIZE: MUNICH ROTARY, 1970. SIX CUSTOM-MADE ALUMINUM PROJECTORS WITH STEEL STANDS AND SIX BLACK-AND-WHITE FILM TRANSPARENCIES MOUNTED BETWEEN GLASS. WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NEW YORK; GIFT OF VIRGINIA DWAN. PHOTO: © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES/LA COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART. ARTWORK © MICHAEL HEIZER/TRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION.
CIRCULAR SURFACE PLANAR DISPLACEMENT DRAWING, 1970. TIRE TRACKS ON EARTH, JEAN DRY LAKE, CA. PHOTO: MICHAEL HEIZER. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND GAGOSIAN GALLERY. © MICHAEL HEIZER/TRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION.
NINE NEVADA DEPRESSIONS: ISOLATED MASS/CIRCUMFLEX, 1968. REMOVAL OF SIX TONS OF EARTH, 1,198 × 13 × 1', Massacre Dry Lake, NV. PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND GAGOSIAN GALLERY. © MICHAEL HEIZER/TRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION.
MUNICH DEPRESSION, 1969. 1,000-TON EARTH DISPLACEMENT, 100 ft. DIAMETER, 17 ft. DEEP IN CENTER. PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND GAGOSIAN GALLERY. © MICHAEL HEIZER/TRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION.
NINE NEVADA DEPRESSIONS: RIFT, 1968. REMOVAL OF 1.5 TONS OF EARTH, 51 × 7 × 1', JEAN DRY LAKE, NV. PHOTO: D. GORTON. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND GAGOSIAN GALLERY. © MICHAEL HEIZER/TRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION.
UNTITLED, 1969. PHOTOGRAPH, GRAPHITE PENCIL, PEN AND INK, WATERCOLOR, AND COLLAGED ON PAPER, 39 1/16 × 30". WHITNEY MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK; GIFT OF NORMAN DUBROW. PHOTO: © WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NEW YORK.
MUNICH DEPRESSION, 1969. 1,000-TON EARTH DISPLACEMENT, 100 ft. DIAMETER, 17 ft. DEEP IN CENTER. PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND GAGOSIAN GALLERY. © MICHAEL HEIZER/TRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION.
DOUBLE NEGATIVE, 1969. TWO REMOVALS OF TOTAL OF 240,000 TONS OF EARTH, RHYOLITE, AND SANDSTONE, EACH: 1476 × 30 × 50', MORMON MESA, OVERTON, NV. PHOTO: D. GORTON. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND GAGOSIAN GALLERY. © MICHAEL HEIZER/TRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION.