Otterlo Mastaba, Project for the Rijksmuseum, Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
1975
Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil pastel, graphite, wax crayon, red ball-point pen, and masking tape on poster board
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)
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Dimensions
sheet: 43.18 × 60.96 cm (17 × 24 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.2717
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Leo Castelli Gallery, New York); The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1982
Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982-1983
1983
American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983
1986
American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 107-109, no. 68, repro
2006
Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 250, no. 1658.
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: Christo 1975; lower center in black crayon: OTTERLO MASTABA / PROJECT FOR RIJKSMUSEUM KRÖLLER-MÜLLER OTTERlO / 250,000 stacked oil drums - 50 Lbs each
Wikidata ID
Q64540015