Offset print in colors on structured cardboard
Germany, 1993
Christo (b. 1935) – Bulgarian-American landscape artist
Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) – Moroccan-French artist
Signed lower right in red wax crayon ‘Christo’
Published by Kunstverlag Schumacher, Edition Fils, Düsseldorf
Image dimensions: 78 x 61.8 cm; sheet dimensions: 96.7 x 70 cm
Black wooden frame
Good condition
Interesting planning documentation for the spectacular wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin by Christo and Jeanne-Claude; more sumptuous executed prints with collage elements of this project fetch up to more than €3.000

Since 1972, Christo had sought permission to wrap the Reichstag in Berlin. Not before 1995, the project could be realized. This reproduction of one of the many preparatory drawings and sketches by the artist from 1993 shows the Reichstag one time unwrapped, one time with the planned wrapping and additionally a sample of the wrapping material.



Condition:

The sheet is mounted to a mat along the reverse sheet edges and is somewhat trimmed in height. The overall condition is good. The image dimensions are 78 x 61.8 cm, the sheet measures 96.7 (instead of 100) x 70 cm.



Christo (b. 1935) und Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009)

Christo (born 1935) grew up as the son of an industrial family in Bulgaria. Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) is the daughter of a French military family and she was educated in France and Switzerland. Jeanne-Claude died on 18.11.2009 in New York City. Christo studied from 1953 to 1956 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia. In 1957, he studied for one semester at the Academy of Arts in Vienna. Since 1958, he lived in Paris where he and Jeanne-Claude met. From very early on in his artistic activity, Christo began 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 him in the realization by negotiating with mayors, interest groups, environmental activists and residents to receive approval for the projects. (fea)

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