Texas Mastaba for Mobil, America: The Third Century
Object Details
- Designer
- Christo, American, b. Bulgaria 1935–2020
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- On brown paper, a photographic reproduction of a rendering in charcoal by Christo of his construction, "Texas Mastaba". The structure, which was to be constructed of oil drums, is shown high on the sheet as a large red and blue square form, placed in perspective by a highway. Image is contained by ruled lines. Title of original drawing is at bottom of image. Below image at lower left text and logo for Mobil and at lower center across the sheet in black block letters: America:The Third Century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ken Friedman
- 1976
- Accession Number
- 1997-19-264
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Poster
- Type
- Poster
- Medium
- Offset lithograph on brown wove paper
- Dimensions
- 89.2 x 61.3 cm (35 1/8 x 24 1/8 in. )
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- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1997-19-264
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq466e95f4c-ca9a-43c8-ab32-2926b91183ce
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