id: 159387
accession number: 1996.211
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.211
updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:30.167000
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
title: Brite Green Store Front Project
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creation date: 1965
creation date earliest: 1965
creation date latest: 1965
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creditline: Gift of Christo and Jeanne-Claude/CVJ Corporation
copyright: © Christo 1965
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: graphite, charcoal, enamel paint, cotton fabric, brown wrapping paper, galvanized steel, masonite, and wire mesh
department: Drawings
collection: DR - American 20th Century
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Christo (American, 1935–2020) - artist
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measurements: 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.)
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description: wood
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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]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works, 1958-69
opening date: 2001-09-08T00:00:00
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works, 1958-69. Martin Gropius Bau (September 8-December 30, 2001).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '2001-09-08T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 229): July 28, 2014 - April 20, 2015.', 'opening_date': '2014-07-28T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Art Museum Acquires Three Works of Art by Christo Christo & Jeanne-Claude to Give Lecture at CMA,” April 24, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4038
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