The Umbrellas (Christo and Jeanne-Claude)

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The Umbrellas, 1991, Japan
Photograph of the yellow umbrellas of the 1991 Christo and Jeanne-Claude project in California. Photo by Robert S. McCombs.

The Umbrellas, Japan–USA, 1984–91 was a 1991 environmental artwork in which artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude erected yellow and blue umbrella structures in California (between Gorman and Grapevine) and Japan, respectively. The 3,100-umbrella project cost US$26 million and attracted three million visitors. Christo closed the exhibition early after a woman was crushed by a windswept umbrella in California. Separately, a worker was killed during the deconstruction of the Japanese exhibit.

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  1. ^ "CHRISTO’S 1,760 UMBRELLAS UNFURL WHIMSICAL DELIGHT IN CALIFORNIA by Thomas D. Elias. Scripps News Service as carried in the Deseret News. December 28, 1991. Accessed December 11, 2022."
  2. ^ Fineberg 2004, p. 44.
  3. ^ "Christo Umbrella Crushes Woman". The New York Times. The Associated Press. October 28, 1991. ISSN 0362-4331.
  4. ^ "2d Person Is Killed in Christo Art Project". The New York Times. The Associated Press. November 1, 1991. ISSN 0362-4331.

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