Wrapped Reichstag, Project for Berlin

1994

Christo

Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collage with photograph by Wolfgang Volz, printed map, wet media crayon, enamel paint, graphite, colored pencil, and tape on heavy gray cardboard

  • Credit Line

    Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 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

    2001.9.8

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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. 49, as Wrapped Reichstag, Project for Berlin.

Bibliography

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.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Christo 1994; upper center verso of support in black crayon: (copyright) Christo 1994

Wikidata ID

Q64539971

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