The Umbrellas (Christo and Jeanne-Claude)

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.

[2] Christo closed the exhibition early after a woman was crushed by a windswept umbrella in California.

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

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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.