The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A., 1989-1991

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Medium

sixteen sheets, most with enamel paint, graphite, colored pencil, and photograph by Wolfgang Volz and some with wax crayon, ballpoint pen, aerial photograph with topographic contour map, and fabric, on paperdboard

Credit Line

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

Accession Number

1999.4.4-19

Artists / Makers

Christo (artist) American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020

Wolfgang Volz (photographer) German, born 1948

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Inscription

each collage signed and numbered

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Vogel, Herbert, Mr. and Mrs.

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, nos. 30-45, as The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USA.

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.