The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Project for Paris, 1984

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Medium

graphite, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, and printed map, on two sheets of paper in two parts

Dimensions

sheet (top panel): 37.7 x 164.5 cm (14 13/16 x 64 3/4 in.)
sheet (bottom panel): 106 x 164.5 cm (41 3/4 x 64 3/4 in.)

framed (for both panels): 147.3 x 165.1 x 3.7 cm (58 x 65 x 1 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2001.2.9.a-b

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

top panel, lower right in black wax crayon: Christo 1984; left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) 21A (copyright) Christo 1984 / ONE WORK IN 2 ITEMS: THESE 2 ITEMS ARE / ONE WORK, THEY MUST NOT BE SEPARATED / AND MUST BE HUNG ACCORDING TO THESE / LAY OUT; bottom panel, left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) (copyright) Christo 1984 / 21B / ONE WORK IN 2 ITEMS: THESE 2 ITEMS ARE / ONE WORK, THEY MUST NOT BE SEPARATED / AND MUST BE HUNG ACCORDING TO THESE / 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. 24.

2009: Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Asheville Art Museum, 9 Jan - 3 May 2009.

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. 24.