Running Fence, Project for Sonoma and Marin Counties, State of California
1976
Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite, charcoal, wax crayon, pastel, printed topographic contour 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 242.8 cm (14 7/8 x 95 9/16 in.)
sheet (bottom panel): 106.4 x 243.4 cm (41 7/8 x 95 13/16 in.)
overall size (for both panels): 147 x 244 cm (57 7/8 x 96 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2001.2.10.a-b
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Copyright
© Christo 1976
Associated Artworks
Running Fence, Project for Sonoma and Marin Counties, California [bottom panel]
Christo
1976
Running Fence, Project for Sonoma and Marin Counties, California [top panel]
Christo
1976
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. 15.
2006
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Lugano, Switzerland, 2006, no. 56.
2009
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Asheville Art Museum, 9 Jan - 3 May 2009.
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, no. 15.
Inscriptions
top panel, left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) 15A / 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; bottom panel, lower center in black wax crayon: Christo 1976; upper left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) 15B / 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
Q64540009