The Mastaba of Abu Dhabi, Project for United Arab Emirates
1979
Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, printed map, and technical data, on two sheets of paper in two parts
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Credit Line
Gift of a Private Collector in honor of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
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Dimensions
sheet (top panel): 37.8 x 243.3 cm (14 7/8 x 95 13/16 in.)
sheet (bottom panel): 106.5 x 243.4 cm (41 15/16 x 95 13/16 in.)
overall size (for both panels): 147 x 244 cm (57 7/8 x 96 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2001.2.5.a-b
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Copyright
© Christo 1979
Associated Artworks
The Mastaba of Abu Dhabi, Project for United Arab Emirates [top panel]
Christo
1979
The Mastaba of Abu Dhabi, Project for United Arab Emirates [bottom panel]
Christo
1979
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; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, 2002-2003, no. 55.
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, 14, 34, no. 55.
Inscriptions
top panel, lower right in black wax crayon: Christo 1979; left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) 7A / ONE WORK IN 2 ITEMS: THESE 2 ITEMS ARE ONE WORK, THEY MUST NOT BE SEPARATED AND MUST / BE HUNG ACCORDING TO THIS LAY OUT; lower panel, upper left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) 7B / ONE WORK IN 2 ITEMS: THESE 2 ITEMS ARE / ONE WORK, THEY MUST NOT BE SEPARATED / AND MUST BE HUNG ACCORDING TO THIS / LAY OUT.
Wikidata ID
Q64540005