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 WALTER DE MARIA'S DESERT CROSS, EL MIRAGE DRY LAKE, 1969. FROM TROUBLEMAKERS. PHOTO: © GIANFRANCO GORGONI. COURTESY GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, L.A.

ROBERT SMITHSON ON SPIRAL JETTY, 1970. FROM TROUBLEMAKERS. PHOTO: © GIANFRANCO GORGONI. COURTESY GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, L.A.

SMITHSON AT SITE OF SPIRAL JETTY, GREAT SALT LAKE, UTAH, 1970. FROM TROUBLEMAKERS. PHOTO: © GIANFRANCO GORGONI. COURTESY GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, L.A.

WALTER DE MARIA IN HAMBURG, 1968. FROM TROUBLEMAKERS. PHOTOs: © ANGELIKA PLATEN. USED BY PERMISSION.

WALTER DE MARIA IN HAMBURG, 1968. FROM TROUBLEMAKERS. PHOTOs: © ANGELIKA PLATEN. USED BY PERMISSION.

YVES KLEIN'S LEAP INTO THE VOID, 1960. PHOTO: SHUNK-KENDER. © ROY LICHTENSTEIN FOUNDATION.

MICHAEL HEIZER'S CIRCULAR SURFACE, PLANAR DISPLACEMENT DRAWING, EL MIRAGE DRY LAKE, 1969. FROM TROUBLEMAKERS. PHOTO: © GIANFRANCO GORGONI. COURTESY GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LOS ANGELES.

SMITHSON’S SPIRAL JETTY, 1970. FROM TROUBLEMAKERS. PHOTO: © DAVID MAISEL. ART: © HOLT-SMITHSON FOUNDATION. COURTESY INSTITUTE, VENICE, CA.

DWAN GALLERY ADVERTISEMENT FOR WALTER DE MARIA's EXHIBITION "BED OF SPIKES," FEATURING DE MARIA'S MILE LONG DRAWING, 1968. © DWAN GALLERY ARCHIVES, NEW YORK. USED BY PERMISSION.

SMITHSON'S SPIRAL JETTY, 1970. FROM TROUBLEMAKERS. PHOTO: © GIANFRANCO GORGONI. COURTESY GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, L.A.

WALTER DE MARIA IN HAMBURG, 1968. FROM TROUBLEMAKERS. PHOTOs: © ANGELIKA PLATEN. USED BY PERMISSION.

VIRGINIA DWAN AT EL MIRAGE DRY LAKE, 1970. FROM TROUBLEMAKERS. COURTESY DWAN GALLERY ARCHIVES, NEW YORK. USED BY PERMISSION.