Over the River, Project for Arkansas River, State of Colorado
2010
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collage with graphite, enamel paint, wax crayon, photograph by Wolfgang Volz, topographic map, fabric sample and masking tape on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet (approximate): 42.86 × 55.25 cm (16 7/8 × 21 3/4 in.) framed: 43.82 × 56.2 × 2.86 cm (17 1/4 × 22 1/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Artist
Accession Number
2011.132.1
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 ...