Two Wrapped Load (Wool Bales) and Rearange Bales on Show Floor with Erect Barriers Between Lots (Project for Keith Murdoch Court, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne)
1969

CHRISTO

Medium: charcoal, pencil and collage of cut photographs, brown cotton, string, adhesive tape, black wax crayon and staples on paper
Measurements: 70.8 × 55.8 cm (image and sheet)
Place/s of Execution: Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription: inscribed in pencil c.l.: Christo 1969
inscribed in pencil c.l.-c.: TWO WRAPPED LOAD (WOOL BALES) AND REARANGE BALES ON SHOW FLOOR (underlined) / WITH ERECT BARRIERS BETWEEN LOTS (underlined) PROJECT FOR KEITH MURDOCK (MURDOCK crossed out) MURDOCH (MURDOCH underlined) COURT - / NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA MELBOURNE / EACH BALE with dimensions 54” x 30” x 30” (underlined)
Accession Number: 2010.552
Department: International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Contemporary with the assistance of the Loti & Victor Smorgon Fund, Allan Myers AO and Maria Myers AO, Bruce Parncutt and Robin Campbell, 2010
© CHRISTO 1969
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location: Not on display
Subjects (general): Concepts and Ideas Installation
Subjects (specific): Australia (nation) bales (object genre) installations (visual works) Melbourne (inhabited place) National Gallery Of Victoria preparatory studies wool (textile) wrapping (surface covering process)