Wrapped Floor, Project for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1968
Artist, American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020
Artwork overview
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Medium
fabric, graphite, charcoal, acrylic, and staples on paperboard
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. Fitzgerald, (c) Christo 1968)
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Dimensions
board: 55.56 × 70.8 cm (21 7/8 × 27 7/8 in.)
framed: 56.52 × 71.76 × 4.45 cm (22 1/4 × 28 1/4 × 1 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.2846
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William H. G. FitzGerald, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2001
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works 1958-1969, Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum, Berlin, Germany, 2001, p. 87, no. 132, repro.
2006
Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006
Inscriptions
upper left in graphite: Christo- 1968; upper center verso in black crayon: Christo 1968 / Wrapped Floor (Project for Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago)
Wikidata ID
Q64540016