The Mastaba of Abu Dhabi, Project for United Arab Emirates [top panel], 1979

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Medium

top panel of two parts: collage with printed map and technical data, wax crayon, and graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

Overall: 37.8 x 243.3 cm (14 7/8 x 95 13/16 in.)
overall size (for both panels): 147 x 244 cm (57 7/8 x 96 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2001.2.5.a

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

lower right in black wax crayon: Christo 1979; left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) 7A / ONE WORK IN 2 ITEMS: THESE 2 ITEMS ARE ONE WORK, THEY MUST NOT BE SEPARATED AND MUST / BE HUNG ACCORDING TO THIS 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. 55.

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: 14, 34, no. 55.