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    The Gates, Central Park, New York, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Christo, 1935-2020, sculptor.
    Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009, sculptor.
    Davenport, Vince, engineer.
    Title: 
    The Gates, Central Park, New York, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1979-2005.
    Medium: 
    Steel bases, vinyl poles, nylon fabric.
    Dimensions: 
    7500 gates; each H. 16 ft. x W. varies 5 ft. 6 in. to 18 ft.
    Description: 
    For 16 days in New York City, 7500 saffron-colored fabric panels were suspended from from the tops of gates along 23 miles of walkways in Central Park. Each gate consisted of two steel footings positioned on the pavement, two vertical poles, and a horizonal pole from which the nylon fabric hung freely. The gates were spaced at 12 foot intervals.
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Detail -- Gate
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Temporary
    Site-specific
    Outdoor Sculpture
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Destroyed.
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Central Park, New York, New York Feb. 12-27, 2005.
    Remarks: 
    Christo and Jeanne-Claude had been planning the project since 1979. It was only in 2003 that New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg signed a contract permitting the artists to realize the temporary work of art. The project was financed entirely by the artists. The Gates were installed by 600 workers. The saffron-colored fabric panels were unfurled in a ceremony with the artists on Feb. 12 and removal began on Feb. 28. IAS files contain newspaper clippings, press release, and fabric swatch.
    References: 
    Inventory staff, 2005.
    Christo and Jeanne-Claude Press Release, Feb. 12, 2005.
    New York Times, Feb. 11, 2005, B40.
    Washington Post, Feb. 6, 2005, P12.
    Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 8.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    New York Times, Feb. 11, 2005, B40.
    Washington Post, Feb. 6, 2005, P12.
    Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 8.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 71500738
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