Otterlo Mastaba, Project for the Rijksmuseum, Kröller-Müller, Otterlo

1975

Christo

Associated Names
Christo

Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020

The image shows a trapezoidal shape with dynamic horizontal lines and vivid colors on a grid background. The composition resembles a mastaba, an ancient Egyptian tomb. The structure is in red and yellow contrasted with gray and beige tones of the surrounding area with geometric lines.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Leo Castelli Gallery, New York); The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982-1983

1983

  • American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983

1986

  • American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 107-109, no. 68, repro

2006

  • Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 250, no. 1658.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Christo 1975; lower center in black crayon: OTTERLO MASTABA / PROJECT FOR RIJKSMUSEUM KRÖLLER-MÜLLER OTTERlO / 250,000 stacked oil drums - 50 Lbs each

Wikidata ID

Q64540015

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