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The Lightning Field

land art work by Walter De Maria
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The Lightning Field

Summary

The Lightning Field is a work of art[1]. It draws 83 Wikipedia views per month (work_of_art category, ranking #23 of 216).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Lightning Field is the creator of Walter De Maria[3].
  • The Lightning Field is located in New Mexico[4].
  • The Lightning Field is in the country of United States[5].
  • The Lightning Field's image is recorded as Walter de Maria, The Lightning Field, 1977 (7873321374).jpg[6].
  • The Lightning Field's instance of is recorded as work of art[7].
  • The Lightning Field's instance of is recorded as land art[8].
  • The Lightning Field's commissioned by is recorded as Dia Art Foundation[9].
  • The Lightning Field's maintained by is recorded as Dia Art Foundation[10].
  • The Lightning Field's genre is recorded as land art[11].
  • The Lightning Field's genre is recorded as public art[12].
  • The Lightning Field's made from material is recorded as steel[13].
  • +1977-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Lightning Field[14].
  • The Lightning Field's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.5167, 'lon': -108.106}[15].
  • The Lightning Field's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05c6gh[16].
  • The Lightning Field's official website is recorded as http://www.lightningfield.org/[17].
  • The Lightning Field's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00795750n[18].
  • The Lightning Field's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Artwork", "TheLightningField::UnknownArtist"][19].
  • The Lightning Field's archINFORM project ID is recorded as 5045[20].
  • The Lightning Field's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as lightning-field[21].

Body

Geography

The Lightning Field is in the country of United States[5]. It is located in New Mexico[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include work of art[7] and land art[8].

History and Context

+1977-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Lightning Field[14].

Why It Matters

The Lightning Field draws 83 Wikipedia views per month (work_of_art category, ranking #23 of 216).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

New Mexico United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . archinform.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-lightning-field_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Lightning Field}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-lightning-field}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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