4 Offset prints in colors on paper
Germany, 2001
Christo (b. 1935) – Bulgarian-American landscape artist
Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) – Moroccan-French artist
Each signed ‘Christo’ in brown wax crayon
Each typographically titled, dated and inscribed with the copyright and publisher in the print
Sheet dimensions: each 84 x 59.2 cm
Very good condition
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s ‘Wrapped Objects’ explore the transformative process of an object being wrapped in fabric; this set includes 4 posters of typically wrapped works, exhibited in the show ‘Early Works 1958-69’ at the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2001

Enclosed are:

Poster: ‘5600 Cubic Meter Package – documenta IV, Kassel’ (draft); photo: K. Baum

Poster: ‘Package’, 1961; photo: R. Blanc

Poster: ‘Wrapped Bottle’, 1958; photo: Hugo Doetsch

Poster: ‘Purple Store Front’, 1964; photo: W. Volz



All posters were published by Kunstverlag Schumacher – Edition Fils, Düsseldorf, in 2001.

Condition:

The posters are offset prints in colors and in very good condition with only a few faint crease marks. The sheet dimensions are 84 x 59.2 cm.

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

Christo, born as Christo Javacheff, grew up as the son of an industrialist family in Bulgaria. He 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 met Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon.

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 of his projects by negotiating with mayors, interest groups, environmental activists and residents to receive approval for the projects. (cbo)

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