Surrounded Islands, Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida
1983
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collage with photograph by Wolfgang Volz, enamel paint, graphite, colored pencil, ballpoint pen, and tape on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 31.8 x 33 cm (12 1/2 x 13 in.) framed: 32.7 x 34 x 3.3 cm (12 7/8 x 13 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Accession Number
2001.9.6
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 ...