Double Store Front Project, Orange and Yellow
1964-1965
Christo
Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite, enamel paint, crayon, fabric, brown wrapping paper, Plexiglas, cardboard, electric light, nails, and galvanized metal, on plywood
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Credit Line
Gift of a Private Collector in honor of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
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Dimensions
overall: 61.3 x 96.8 x 5.1 cm (24 1/8 x 38 1/8 x 2 in.)
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Accession Number
2001.98.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection; gift 2001 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2002
Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 2002-2003, no. 5, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: Christo 64-65; across bottom, in graphite: DOUBLE STORE FRONT'S (PROJECT Orange and yellow from MERVIN. PAINT CO. INC. New York) 113 1/2 (99") x 24" 1/2 (20") x 188"; upper left reverse, in black: P[ork?] DaviD BOURDON / Christo / december 1965
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Wikidata ID
Q62471089