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Texas Mastaba for Mobil, America: The Third Century

Cooper Hewitt

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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

Date

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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Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq466e95f4c-ca9a-43c8-ab32-2926b91183ce

Record ID

chndm_1997-19-264

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