Christo. Brite Green Store Front Project, 1965. graphite, charcoal, enamel paint, cotton fabric, brown wrapping paper, galvanized steel, masonite, and wire mesh, Framed: 75.7 x 59.8 cm (29 13/16 x 23 9/16 in.); Unframed: 73.9 x 58.1 cm (29 1/8 x 22 7/8 in.). Gift of Christo and Jeanne-Claude/CVJ Corporation, 1996.211. Copyrighted undefined.

Brite Green Store Front Project

1965

Christo

Christo (American, 1935–2020)

Drawings

Brite Green Store Front Project, 1965. Christo (American, 1935–2020). Graphite, charcoal, enamel paint, cotton fabric, brown wrapping paper, galvanized steel, masonite, and wire mesh; framed: 75.7 x 59.8 cm (29 13/16 x 23 9/16 in.); unframed: 73.9 x 58.1 cm (29 1/8 x 22 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Christo and Jeanne-Claude/CVJ Corporation 1996.211 © Christo 1965

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Christo
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: graphite, charcoal, enamel paint, cotton fabric, brown wrapping paper, galvanized steel, masonite, and wire mesh
Medium: graphite, charcoal, enamel, paint, cotton, fabric, brown, wrapping, paper, galvanized, steel, masonite, wire, mesh
Dimensions: Framed: 75.7 x 59.8 cm (29 13/16 x 23 9/16 in.); Unframed: 73.9 x 58.1 cm (29 1/8 x 22 7/8 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: Christo 65 ; by artist, lower left, in graphite: "BRITE GREEN STORE FRONT | PROJECT | 7F X 8 F 9" X 2F ; by artist, around perimeter, in graphite and black crayon: [various inscriptions relating measurements]
Departments: Drawings
Accession Number: 1996.211
Credit Line: Gift of Christo and Jeanne-Claude/CVJ Corporation
Exhibitions: Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works, 1958-69, Martin Gropius Bau Museum, Berlin; September 8-December 30, 2001. "Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works, 1958-69," exh. cat. no. 196, pp. 126-127.<br><br>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 229): July 28, 2014 - April 20, 2015.
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined