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Christo: American, born Bulgaria, 1935

The River, Project
1992: collage with charcoal, graphite, colored pencil, wax crayon, conté crayon, enamel paint, and ballpoint pen on paperboard; Overall: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.); framed: 28.6 x 36.3 x 3.3 cm (11 1/4 x 14 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.); Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection; 2001.9.2; Not on View

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: Christo 1992; upper right verso of support in blue crayon: (copyright) Christo 1992

Provenance

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York; gift 2001 to NGA.

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. 58, as The River, Project.

2002: Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 2002, no. 58.

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.

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