Mixed media, including offset, collage and pencil on strong cardboard
New York, 1969-2011
Christo (born 1935) - Bulgarian-American object and landscape artist
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil lower right, ‘Christo 1969-2011 / XXXVIII / XC’
Copy 38 of 90 Roman numbered copies
Inscribed with ‘Ponte Sant’Angelo, Wrapped/Project for Rome, Lungotevere Castello, Lungotevere Vaticano, Lungotevere D. Altoviti, Lungotevere Tore di Nona’ in the print
Dimensions: 63.5 x 72 cm
Very good condition
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The famous ‘Ponte Sant Angelo’ is located in Rome and was the first bridge Christo had planned to wrap in 1967. The present work was later created in Christo’s studio in New York. The specialty of this collage is the separately mounted bridge in the center which was wrapped with the original packing material used for the project in Rome. The artist finally rendered the bridge light shadows with a soft pencil.

Condition:

The work is in very good condition, showing minor signs of use and light fingerprints on the reverse. The dimensions are 63.5 x 72 cm.

Christo (born 1935)

Christo grew up as the son of an industrial family in Bulgaria. From 1953 to 1956, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia. In 1957, he trained for one semester at the Academy of Arts in Vienna. Since 1958, he lived in Paris, where he met his future fiancée and artistic partner Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009). In 1964, they settled in New York. From very early on in his artistic activity, Christo worked on wrapping objects. He followed the idea that the act of wrapping makes visible the banality and the excess of most objects that exist in our world. Jeanne-Claude always supported the realization of his ideas by negotiating with mayors, interest groups, environmental activists and residents to receive approval for Christo’s art projects. (cko)

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