id:			159387
accession number:	1996.211
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.211
updated:		2023-12-01 03:49:45.896000

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
	<i>Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works, 1958-69</i>. Martin Gropius Bau (September 8-December 30, 2001).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* 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.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Art Museum Acquires Three Works of Art by Christo<em> Christo &amp; Jeanne-Claude to Give Lecture at CMA</em>,” April 24, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4038

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