The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A., 1990

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Medium

collage with photograph by Wolfgang Volz, enamel paint, graphite, colored pencil, wax crayon, ballpoint pen, and tape on paperboard

Dimensions

overall: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)

framed: 36.3 x 28.6 x 3.3 cm (14 5/16 x 11 1/4 x 1 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

Accession Number

1999.4.10

Artists / Makers

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

Wolfgang Volz (photographer) German, born 1948

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: Christo 1990; center verso of support in black crayon: (copyright) Christo / 1990 / ONE WORK OF ART / IN 16 ITEMS / MAY NOT BE SEPARATED / This is No 7

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. 43, as The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USA.

2002: Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 2002, no. 43.

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.