Packed Coast, Project for Australia, near Sydney

1969

Christo

Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collage with photograph by Harry Shunk, printed map, enamel paint, graphite, wax crayon, ballpoint pen, and tape on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 35.2 x 27.9 cm (13 7/8 x 11 in.)
    framed: 36.3 x 28.6 x 3.3 cm (14 5/16 x 11 1/4 x 1 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.9.7

  • Copyright

    © Christo 1969

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York; gift 2001 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • "Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works, 1958-69", Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2001, no. 400, as Packed Coast, Project for Little Bay, Sydney, Australia.

2002

  • Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, 2002-2003, no. 9, as Packed Coast, Project for Australia, near Sydney.

  • Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 2002, no. 9.

Bibliography

2001

  • Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works, 1958-69. Köln and New York, 2001: 400.

2002

  • Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, 2002-2003.
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Inscriptions

upper center in graphite: 53'0" above M.S.L. Top of Cliff; upper right in graphite: 84'0" above M.S.L. / Edge of Cliff; across bottom in graphite: Packed Coast/Project for Australia, Near Sydney/ Little Bay approxiamtely 1000.000 Sa. Fecit. / Christo 1969; upper left verso of support in black crayon: (copyright) CHRISTO 1969

Wikidata ID

Q64539964

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