About the Artwork
Proposal for Central Park
1983
Christo
1935 - 2020
American
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Pastel, fabric, and wood on paper
Overall: 11 × 28 inches (27.9 × 71.1 cm)
Drawings
Contemporary Art after 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Matilda R. Wilson Fund and funds from Lillian Shaye-Hirsch and Bernard Hirsch
F1984.8.1
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Markings
Signed, lower left corner: Christo
Inscribed along bottom edge: THE GATES | Project for Central Park, New York City | 11,000-15,000 Gates hight [sic] 15'o" | along selected walk ways [sic] Dated, lower left corner: 1983
Provenance
1984-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Tansini, Laura. "Christo and Jean-Claude: Inside The Gates." Art on Paper 7, no. 6 (April 2003): pp. 40-45; p. 41 (ill.)
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Christo, Proposal for Central Park, 1983, pastel, fabric, and wood on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Matilda R. Wilson Fund and funds from Lillian Shaye-Hirsch and Bernard Hirsch, F1984.8.1.
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