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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1976.16.2
People
Christo, American (Sofia, Bulgaria 1935 - 2020 New York, NY)
Title
Perspective drawing and topographic survey map for "Running Fence"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1975
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309082

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Collage of colored crayons, graphite, fabric, map, and masking tape
Technique
Collage
Dimensions
sight: 55 x 71 cm (21 5/8 x 27 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, center left: Christo 1975
  • inscription: upper edge, graphite, in artist's hand: 7 3/8"-- approximately 18'0 - 2 1/8 - 6'0" / 5" - 12'0" / UPPER cable 9/16" diameter PREFORMED plow steel wire rope, continuous with special "fused" [hooks?] - to steel Role 3 1/2" diam [st--] length 21'0"
  • inscription: upper center, red ink: 62'0" / c/e
  • inscription: center, graphite, in artist's hand: SOIL ANCHOR FOR GUY WIRE - ULT. CAP'T REQ'D = 9.900 LB WITH LEVEL SPANS
  • inscription: center, graphite, in artist's hand: RUNNING FENCE / PROJECT FOR SONOMA COUNTY AND MARIN COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Cecil Altman, Geneva, Switzerland, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1976.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Cecil Altmann
Copyright
© Christo / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1976
Object Number
1976.16.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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