The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A., 1991

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Medium

pastel, enamel paint, graphite, colored pencil, wax crayon, aerial photograph with topographic contour map, technical data, and fabric sample, on two sheets of paperboard in two parts

Dimensions

sheet (left panel): 77.5 x 30.5 cm (30 1/2 x 12 in.)

framed (left panel): 78.2 x 31.3 x 4.3 cm (30 13/16 x 12 5/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
sheet (right panel): 77.5 x 66.7 cm (30 1/2 x 26 1/4 in.)
framed (right panel): 78.2 x 67.4 x 4.3 cm (30 13/16 x 26 9/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
overall size (for both panels): 77.5 x 99.7 cm (30 1/2 x 39 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

Accession Number

1999.4.2.a-b

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

left panel, lower right in black wax crayon: Christo 1991; center verso of support in black crayon: (layout) / (copyright) Christo 1991 / 194A / 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; right panel, upper center verso of support in black crayon: (layout) 194B / (copyright) Christo 1991 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

Acquired from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel, New York; gift 1999 to NGA.

Associated Names

Vogel, Herbert, Mr. and Mrs.

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. 29.

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.