Packed Coast, Project for Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia

1969

Christo

Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collage with photostat by Harry Shunk, fabric, rope, twine, graphite, wax crayon, fabric sample, aerial photograph, tracing paper, tape and staples on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of a Private Collector in honor of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)
    framed: 71.7 x 56.7 x 4.3 cm (28 1/4 x 22 5/16 x 1 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.2.1

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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. 10, as Packed Coast, Project for Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

  • Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 2002, no. 10.

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. 10.

Inscriptions

left center in graphite: Christo 1969; upper left verso of support in black crayon: (copyright) Christo 1969

Wikidata ID

Q64539973

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