Description

Reference #: ULNR9341-B
Artist Name: Christo, Javacheff
Title: Arkansas River from Below
Medium: Offset Lithograph
Edition Size: open
Year: Unknown
Paper Size: 20 x 30 inches
Image Size: 16.5 x 25.5 inches
Condition: A: Mint
Notes: Project For The Arkansas River,Colorado that is Still In Progress. Hand signed by Christo This offset is from actual planning drawing submitted for approval and is sold for the sole intent to fund the project. Background of the project:Christo and Jeanne-ClaudeOVER THE RIVERProject for Arkansas River, Colorado. Fabric panels suspended horizontally clear of and high above the water level will follow the configuration and width of the changing course of the river, during a period of two consecutive weeks to be selected between mid-July and mid-August of any given year in the future, in 2010 at the earliest.Steel wire cables, anchored on the upper part of the riverbanks, will cross the river and serve as attachment for the fabric panels. The woven fabric panels, sewn in advance, with rows of grommets at the edges perpendicular to the river, will create shimmering waves of fabric, 8 to 25 feet (2.4 to 7.6 meters) above the water. The 6.7 mile (10,7 kilometer) long stream of successive panels will be interrupted by bridges, rocks, trees, and bushes and for esthetic reasons, creating abundant flows of light.Wide clearance between the banks and the edges of the fabric panels will create a play of contrast allowing sunlight to illuminate the river on both sides. When seen from underneath, standing on the rocks, at the edge of the river, at water level or by rafting, the luminous and translucent fabric will highlight the contours of the clouds, the mountains and the vegetation.As with all previous art projects, Over The River is entirely financed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, through the sale by their CVJ Corporation (Jeanne-Claude Christo-Javacheff, President) of Christoís preparatory drawings, lithographs, collages, scale models and early works from the fifties and sixties.The artists do not accept sponsorship of any kind. As it was done for past projects, the materials will be recycled.

Condition

A: Mint