In 2006, after looking at photographs of monumental outdoor sculptures by the modernist artist Tony Smith, Erin Shirreff considered the process of experiencing a two-dimensional reproduction of a three-dimensional work of art. For Sculpture Park (Tony Smith), Shirreff created miniature cardboard maquettes based on photographs of Smith’s work, including his Amaryllis (1965/68, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis). In Shirreff’s video, falling Styrofoam "snow," sifted through a window screen, clings to the maquettes, revealing their forms out of the darkness. The maquettes themselves captured Smith’s sculptures only from a single photographic viewpoint; Shirreff’s work thus leaves many aspects of Smith’s art unseen. She returned to this exploration in Sculpture for Snow (2013.89.1).