The Umbrellas (Christo and Jeanne-Claude) explained

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^[1]) 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.^[2] Separately, a worker was killed during the deconstruction of the Japanese exhibit.^[3]

Bibliography

• Book: Baal-Teshuva . Jacob . Christo and Jeanne-Claude . 2001 . en . 978-3-8228-5996-4 . Taschen . mdy-all .
• Book: Chernow . Burt . Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Biography . 2002 . en . 978-0-312-28074-1 . Macmillan .
• Chianese . Robert Louis . How Green Is Earth Art? The Umbrellas . American Scientist . 101 . 2 . 108–109 . 2013 . 10.1511/2013.101.108 . 0003-0996 . 43707009 . mdy-all .
• Findlay . Robert . Walterscheid . Ellen . Christo's Umbrellas: Visual Art/Performance/Ritual/Real Life on a Grand Scale . TDR . 37 . 1 . 74–97 . 1993 . 10.2307/1146272 . 1054-2043 . 1146272 . mdy-all .
• Book: Fineberg . Jonathan David . The Umbrellas . 44–47 . Christo and Jeanne-Claude: On the Way to The Gates, Central Park, New York City . 2004 . en . 978-0-300-10405-9 . Yale University Press . https://books.google.com/books?id=4qIdvY2fBUMC&pg=PA44 .
• News: Hall . Carla . Second Death from Christo's Umbrellas . . 1991-11-01 . en-US . 0190-8286 . mdy-all .

Notes and References

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. News: The Associated Press . Christo Umbrella Crushes Woman . . 1991-10-28 . en-US . 0362-4331 . mdy-all .
3. News: The Associated Press . 2d Person Is Killed in Christo Art Project . . 1991-11-01 . en-US . 0362-4331 . mdy-all .