The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A.
1989-1991
Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020
Photographer, German, born 1948
Artwork overview
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Medium
sixteen sheets, most with enamel paint, graphite, colored pencil, and photograph by Wolfgang Volz and some with wax crayon, ballpoint pen, aerial photograph with topographic contour map, and fabric, on paperdboard
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Credit Line
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Accession
1999.4.4-19
Associated Artworks
See all 16 artworksThe Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A.
Christo, Wolfgang Volz
1991
The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A.
Christo
1990
The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A.
Christo, Wolfgang Volz
1990
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel, New York; gift 1999 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, nos. 30-45, as The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USA.
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
each collage signed and numbered
Wikidata ID
Q64539999