The Mastaba of Abu Dhabi, Project for United Arab Emirates [top panel]
1979
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View on museum website →Medium
top panel of two parts: collage with printed map and technical data, wax crayon, and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 37.8 x 243.3 cm (14 7/8 x 95 13/16 in.) overall size (for both panels): 147 x 244 cm (57 7/8 x 96 1/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of a Private Collector in honor of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Accession Number
2001.2.5.a
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 ...