Otterlo Mastaba, Project for the Rijksmuseum, Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, 1975

Not on View

Medium

oil pastel, graphite, wax crayon, red ball-point pen, and masking tape on poster board

Dimensions

sheet: 43.18 × 60.96 cm (17 × 24 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)

Accession Number

2015.19.2717

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

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

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

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Leo Castelli Gallery
The Honorable William H.G. Fitzgerald, Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald, a

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.