Double Store Front Project, Orange and Yellow

Christo

1964-1965

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Medium

graphite, enamel paint, crayon, fabric, brown wrapping paper, Plexiglas, cardboard, electric light, nails, and galvanized metal, on plywood

Dimensions

overall: 61.3 x 96.8 x 5.1 cm (24 1/8 x 38 1/8 x 2 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Department

CMC

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

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

Accession Number

2001.98.1

About the Artist

Christo

Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, born on June 13, 1935, in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, emerged from a childhood marked by wartime upheaval and a bohemian family environment that nurtured his artistic inclinations. The second of three sons to a textile manufacturer father and a politically active mother who worked at Sofia's Academy of Fine Arts, Christo received private art lessons from a young age, with his ...

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