limited edition | graphic print of wrapping projects “The Gates” NY, USA and “Over the River” Arkansas River, USA
The artist duo Christo and Jeanne Claude realized legendary wrappings of architecturally or scenically famous places and sites around the world. The highly complex approval procedures and difficult conditions usually lasted for years. Without the couple’s perseverance and resilience, but above all Jeanne Claude’s great organizational talent, this would not have been possible. In order to be artistically independent, all projects were self-financed.
To this end, Christo created an extensive body of graphic work. Sketches and preliminary drawings, models, fabric samples. He combined these into aesthetically highly appealing project collages. These works also include the graphics in the Koenigshof Collection for “The Gates” and “Over the River” (the latter unfortunately not realized).
Eva Mueller | Art Consultant
Curator of the Koenigshof Collection
VITA CHRISTO AND JEANNE CLAUDE (short form)
Christo 1935 born in Gabrovo, Bulgaria | already painting and drawing lessons at the age of 6 | 1953-56 National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria | 1956 escape to Vienna, Austria | 1957 Geneva, Switzerland | 1958 Paris, France, meeting and from then on collaboration with Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon | 1963 first wrapping project Villa Borghese, Italy | 2020 died NY, USA
Jeanne-Claude 1935 born in Casablanca, Morocco | 1961 artistic projects with Christo | 2009 died in NY, USA
AWARDS AND REALIZED PROJECTS IN PUBLIC SPACE (selection)
1987 Christo received the Goslar Kaiserring | 2011 the artist couple Christo and Jeanne Claude were jointly elected a member (NA) of the National Academy in New York | 2014 Christo received the 49th Theodor Heuss Prize of the Theodor Heuss Foundation
1961 “Stacked Oil Barrels an Dockside Packages”, Port of Cologne | 1962 “Wall of Oil Barrels – The Iron Curtain”, Paris | 1966 “Air Package”, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands | 1966 “42390 Cubic Feet Package”, Minneapolis School of Art, Minnesota, USA | 1968 “Wrapped Fountain and Wrapped Medieval Tower”, Spoleto, Italy | 1967-68 “Wrapped Kunsthalle”, Bern, Switzerland | 1967-68 “5600 Cubicmeter Package” | 1968-69 “Wrapped Museum of Contemporary Art” Chicago, USA | 1968-69 “Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feet, Australian Coast | 1970 “Wrapped Monuments – King Vittorio Emanuele II and Leonardo da Vinci”, Milan, Italy | 1970-72 “Valley Curtain, Colorado mountain, USA | 1973-74 “The Wall – Wrapped Roman Wall” Rome. Italy | 1973 “Ocean Front” Kings Beach Newport, Rhode Island, USA | 1972-76 “Running Fence”, California, USA | 1977-79 “Wrapped Walk Ways” Jacob Loose Memorial Park, Kansas City, Missouri, USA | 1980-83 “Surrounded Islands” Vizcaya Bay, Miami, USA | 1975-85 “The Pont Neuf Wrapped” Paris, France | 1984-91 “The Umbrellas” Japan and USA | 1971-95 “Wrapped Reichstag”, Berlin | 1997-98 “Wrapped Trees” Riehen, Basel, Switzerland | 1979-2005 “The Gates”, New York Central Park, USA | 2014-16 “Floating Piers”, Lake Iseo, Italy | 2016-18 “The London Mastaba” Hyde Park, England | 1961-2021 “L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped” Paris, France