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About This Lot This extremely rare "Wrapped Painting" (1969), is one of Christo's most enigmatic works. By depicting a painting sheathed in black plastic, the print speaks to the very heart of Christo ...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Wrapped Payphone is a sculpture published in a small edition of 30 by Edition Schellmann in 1988. Evocative of Christo's early wrapped objects, such as Wrapped Telephone ...
It is a project 60 years in the making. Christo and Jeanne-Claude first discussed the idea of wrapping the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in 1961; this weekend, it became a reality. Their final project ...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped has been 60 years in the making. The 18 September will mark the unveiling of their final temporary work in Paris, the city where they first met ...
The Bulgarian artist, Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (b. 1935) met Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009) in Paris in the late 1950s, when he was a stateless, “penniless” refugee, and ...
Together, known simply as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, they wrapped iconic landmarks in fabric, such as the Pont Neuf in Paris in 1985 and the Reichstag in Berlin in 1995; and mounted thousands of ...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude ‘wrapped’ Berlin’s Reichstag in Berlin and created ‘The Gates’ in New York City. But they had to abandon their plan to wrap New York City’s MoMA in 1968.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude are celebrated for their monumental temporary art installations that transformed iconic landmarks. Among their other famous works are 'Wrapped Reichstag' (1995), which ...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s "L’Arc de Triomphe Wrapped" Is Finally a Reality: An experience that is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
It is a project 60 years in the making. Christo and Jeanne-Claude first discussed the idea of wrapping the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in 1961; this weekend, it became a reality.