Wrapped Reichstag, Project for Berlin
1995
Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, photography by Wolfgang Volz, printed elevation drawing, technical data, fabric sample, and tape, on two sheets of paper in two parts
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Credit Line
Gift of Christo and Jeanne-Claude in honor of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
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Dimensions
sheet (top panel): 37.8 x 243.2 cm (14 7/8 x 95 3/4 in.)
sheet (bottom panel): 106.3 x 243.5 cm (41 7/8 x 95 7/8 in.)
overall size (for both panels): 147 x 244 cm (57 7/8 x 96 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2001.2.14.a-b
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Copyright
© Christo 1995
Associated Artworks
Wrapped Reichstag, Project for Berlin [top panel]
Christo
1995
Wrapped Reichstag: Project for Berlin [bottom panel]
Christo
1995
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection; gift 2001 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. 48.
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. 48.
Inscriptions
top panel, upper right in black wax crayon: Christo 1995; left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) (copyright) Christo 1995 / 80A / ONE WORK IN 2 ITEMS: THESE 2 ITEMS ARE / ONE WORK, THEY MUST NOT BE SEPARATED / AND BE HUNG ACCORDING TO THIS LAY OUT; bottom panel, left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) (copyright) Christo 1995 / 80B / 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
Q64540012