Financing and Ownership
The sculpture was financed in part by a $9,000 USD grant from the Virginia Dwan Gallery of New York. A 20-year lease for the site was granted for $100 annually.
Smithson died in a plane crash in Texas three years after finishing the jetty.
The sculpture has been owned by the state of Utah since June 2011. Previously, the area was leased by the Dia Art Foundation of New York, who acquired the piece by a donation from Smithson's estate in 1999. The Dia Art Foundation is currently seeking a new lease from the state.
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