The Umbrellas, Project for 6 - 8 Miles - 3,000 Umbrellas

1984

Christo

Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 42.6 x 29.9 cm (16 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
    framed: 43.2 x 30.5 x 3.3 cm (17 x 12 x 1 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.9.24

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York; 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. 27, as The Umbrellas, Project for 6 - 8 Miles - 3000 Umbrellas.

2009

  • Making Art: Explorations in Process, Academy Art Museum, Easton, 2009, unnumbered catalogue.

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

lower right in graphite: Christo 1984; center verso of support in black and brown crayon: (copyright) Christo 1984 / For Dorothy and / Herbert Vogel / Christo 1992

Wikidata ID

Q64539943

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