Wrapped Reichstag, Project for Berlin, 1995

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Medium

graphite, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, photography by Wolfgang Volz, printed elevation drawing, technical data, fabric sample, and tape, on two sheets of paper in two parts

Dimensions

sheet (top panel): 37.8 x 243.2 cm (14 7/8 x 95 3/4 in.)
sheet (bottom panel): 106.3 x 243.5 cm (41 7/8 x 95 7/8 in.)
overall size (for both panels): 147 x 244 cm (57 7/8 x 96 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Christo and Jeanne-Claude in honor of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel

Accession Number

2001.2.14.a-b

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

top panel, upper right in black wax crayon: Christo 1995; left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) (copyright) Christo 1995 / 80A / ONE WORK IN 2 ITEMS: THESE 2 ITEMS ARE / ONE WORK, THEY MUST NOT BE SEPARATED / AND BE HUNG ACCORDING TO THIS LAY OUT; bottom panel, left verso of support in black crayon: (layout) (copyright) Christo 1995 / 80B / ONE WORK IN 2 ITEMS: THESE 2 ITEMS ARE / ONE WORK, THEY MUST NOT BE SEPARATED / AND MUST BE HUNG ACCORDING TO THIS LAYOUT.

Provenance

Private collection; gift 2001 to NGA.

Associated Names

Christo
Jeanne-Claude

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. 48.

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, no. 48.