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

1989-1991

Christo

Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020

Wolfgang Volz

Photographer, German, born 1948

Artwork overview

  • 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

    1999.4.4-19

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Associated Artworks

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

Christo, Wolfgang Volz

1991

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

Christo

1990

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

Christo, Wolfgang Volz

1990

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, 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.

Inscriptions

each collage signed and numbered

Wikidata ID

Q64539999

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