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Christo (1935-2020)was born in Bulgaria as Христо Явашев, Christo Vladimirov Javachev. He and his wife, Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (born 1935 in Morocco) are active as the unit Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Together, they "wrap" things. |
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They began by wrapping daily objects like tables and chairs, then wrapped enormous monuments, and now, mimicing architecture, wrap natural landscapes and parks in huge cloths. These ambitious "wrappings" require long periods of planning, huge resources of manpower and finance, and once complete are deconstructed after a short time, leaving only records of planning records, prints, and drawings. The process, including business, logistics, human interactions, is something that Christo and Jeanne-Claude regard together as their "work". |
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![]() "Packaging Project for the Arc de Triomphe 1970" 1970 Lithograph Sheet size: 48.3×65.5cm Ed.300 Signed *Raisonne No.32(Schellmann) |
![]() "Big Air Package~B" 2012-13 Offset lithograph Image size: 36.6×48.2cm Sheet size: 42.0×52.2cm Signed |
![]() "Mastaba" Offset lithograph Image size: 42.4×31.6cm Sheet size: 62.3×52.3cm Signed |
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![]() "Gate" Offset lithograph Image size: 28.3×21.8cm Sheet size: 40.0×30.0cm Signed by Christo and Jean Claude |
![]() "Gate" Offset lithograph Image size: 27.7×21.5cm Sheet size: 42.0×32.0cm Signed by Christo and Jean Claude |
![]() "Gates (small)" Offset lithograph Image size: 18.5x23.5cm Signed |
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![]() "Wrapped Vespa" 2009 Collage, Digital pigment print+handcolor (crayon) 31.0×31.0cm Ed.200 Signed ※Raisonne No.201(Schellmann) |
![]() "The Wall" Offset lithograph Image size: 27.3×21.3cm Sheet size: 40.0×30.0cm Signed by Christo and Jean Claude |
![]() "Wrapped Reichstag" 1995 Offset lithograph Image size: 35.6×56.0cm Sheet size: 46.0×64.0cm Signed by Christo and Jean Claude |
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![]() "Umbrellas (Blue)" 1991 Offset lithograph Image size: 38.4×42.8cm Sheet size: 49.0×51.0cm Signed |
![]() "Umbrellas (Yellow)" 1991 Offset lithograph Image size: 37.6×42.5cm Sheet size: 49.0×51.0cm Signed |
![]() "Wrapped Pont Neuf" Offset lithograph Image size: 36.5×41.2cm Sheet size: 52.0×52.0cm Signed |
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![]() "Mastaba" 2006 Offset lithograph Image size: 27.2x34.7cm Sheet size: 40.8x50.0cm Signed by Christo and Jean Claude |
![]() "Wrapped Islands" 1983 Offset lithograph Image size: 27.5x21.5cm Sheet size: 42.0x32.0cm Signed |
![]() "Wrapped Islands" 1990 Offset 105.0×72.0cm Signed SOLD |
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![]() "Mastaba" 2009 Offset lithograph 32.8x29.1cm E.A. (Ed. 40) Signed |
![]() "Mastaba" 1990 Offset lihograph 35.5x28.0cm Signed |
![]() "Over the River" 2010 Offset lithograph 26.5x29.3cm Signed |
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![]() "Wrapped Fountain" 2002 Lithograph 54.0x45.0cm E.A. (Ed. 40) Signed by Christo and Jean Claude ※Raisonne No.185 |
![]() "Running Fence" 1998 Heliogravure 34.8x44.0cm A.P. (Ed.22) Signed by Christo and Jean Claude ※Raisonne No.180 |
![]() "Big Air Package" 2012 Offset lithograph 52.4x39.4cm Signed |
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![]() "Package on Carozza" 1984 Lithograph, collage 56.4x71.4cm Ed. 100 Signed ※Raisonne No.112 |
![]() "Wrapped Times Square Building" 2003 Lithograph+silkscreen, collage 77.5x59.5cm H.C. (Ed.20) Signed ※Raisonne No.187 |
![]() "Wrapped Glass and Can" 1958-2004 Lithograph 39.0x34.7cm A.P. (Ed.50) Signed ※Raisonne No.189 |
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![]() "The Mastaba, Project for Abu Dhabi" 2010 Drawing, collage 21.5x28.0cm Signed |
![]() "Mastaba of Naoshima" 1999 Drawing, collage 21.5x28.0cm Signed |
![]() "Two Wrapped Trees" 1969-2000 Drawing, collage 20.0x20.0cm Signed |
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![]() "The Museum of Modern Art Wrapped (Project for New York)" 1971 Lithograph 71×56cm Ed. 100 Signed *Raiseonn No.37 (Schellmann) |
![]() "Wrapped Chair (project)" 1961-2001 Drawing, collage Image size: 20.3x20.3cm Frame size: 35.5x35.5cm Signed |
![]() "Wrapped Toy Horse (project)" 1963-2000 Drawing, collage Image size: 20.3×20.3cm Frame size: 35.2×35.2cm Signed |
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"Wrapped Walk-way" 1983 Mixed media (Color lithograph and cotton collage) 26.4×33.7cm Ed. 18 Signed *Resonne No. 111 SOLD |
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![]() "Galeria Joan Prats" 1988 Color stone print + collage 55.8×38.0cm Ed. 100 Signed SOLD |
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