The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A. [left panel]

1991

Christo

Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    left panel of two parts: collage with pastel, enamel paint, graphite, colored pencil, and wax crayon on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 77.5 x 66.7 cm (30 1/2 x 26 1/4 in.)
    overall size (for both panels): 77.5 x 99.7 cm (30 1/2 x 39 1/4 in.)
    framed: 78.2 x 67.4 x 4.3 cm (30 13/16 x 26 9/16 x 1 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1999.4.3.a

  • Copyright

    © Christo 1991

Associated Artworks

The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A. [right panel]

Christo

1991

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel, New York; gift 1999 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. 28.

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

upper center verso of support in black crayon: (lay out) 193A / (copyright) Christo 1991 ONE WORK IN 2 ITEMS: THESE 2 ITEMS / ARE ONE WORK, THEY MUST NOT BE / SEPARATED AND MUST BE HUNG / ACCORDING TO THIS LAYOUT.

Wikidata ID

Q64539977

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