The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City, 1997

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Medium

graphite, charcoal, pastel, photograph by Wolfgang Volz, wax crayon, aerial photograph, and tape, on two sheets of paper in two parts

Dimensions

sheet (top panel): 37.8 x 165 cm (14 7/8 x 64 15/16 in.)
sheet (bottom panel): 106.5 x 165 cm (41 15/16 x 64 15/16 in.)
overall size (for both panels): 144.6 x 165 cm (56 15/16 x 64 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2001.2.2.a-b

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

top panel, lower right in black crayon: Christo 1997; left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) (copyright) Christo 1997 / 8A / ONE WORK IN 2 ITEMS: THESE 2 ITEMS ARE / ONE WORK, THEY MUST NOT BE SEPARATED / AND MUST BE HUNG ACCORDING TO THIS LAY OUT; bottom panel, upper left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) (copyright) Christo 1997 / 8B / ONE WORK IN 2 ITEMS: THESE 2 ITEMS ARE / ONE WORK, THEY MUST NOT BE SEPARATED AND / BE HUNG ACCORDING TO THIS LAY OUT

Provenance

Private collection; gift 2001 to NGA.

Associated Names

Anonymous
Anonymous

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. 57.

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. 57.