New York Earth Room | |
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![]() New York Earth Room in 2024 | |
Artist | Walter De Maria |
Year | 1977 |
Medium | 250 cubic yards of earth |
Movement | Land Art |
Location | Dia Art Foundation, New York City |
40°43′34″N 73°59′59″W / 40.7260°N 73.9998°W | |
Owner | Dia Art Foundation |
Accession | 1980.135 |
Website | www |
The New York Earth Room is an interior sculpture by the artist Walter De Maria that has been installed in a loft at 141 Wooster Street in New York City since 1977.[1] The sculpture is a permanent installation of 250 cubic yards (197 cubic meters) of earth in 3,600 (335 square meters) square feet of floor space, and 22 inch depth of material (56 centimeters).[2] The installation has had the same caretaker, Bill Dilworth,[3] since 1989, and is maintained by the Dia Art Foundation who consider it one of their 12 locations and sites they manage.