Wrapped Reichstag, Project for Berlin [top panel]

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Medium

top panel of two parts: collage with printed elevation drawing, photograph by Wolfgang Volz, fabric sample, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, graphite, and tape on wove paper

Dimensions

Overall: 37.8 x 243.2 cm (14 7/8 x 95 3/4 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

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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