1976.16.2: Perspective drawing and topographic survey map for "Running Fence"

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

Permissions

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  Title

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