Wrapped Reichstag, Project for Berlin
1995
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graphite, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, photography by Wolfgang Volz, printed elevation drawing, technical data, fabric sample, and tape, on two sheets of paper in two parts
Dimensions
sheet (top panel): 37.8 x 243.2 cm (14 7/8 x 95 3/4 in.) sheet (bottom panel): 106.3 x 243.5 cm (41 7/8 x 95 7/8 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 Christo and Jeanne-Claude in honor of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Accession Number
2001.2.14.a-b
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 ...