Wrapped Coast Project - colour-offset 1977, edition 100 (Schellmann 87A) 1977

Christo and Jeanne-claude

LithografieAfdrukken
60 ⨯ 80 ⨯ 4 cm
ConditionGood
€ 2.500

Van Kerkhoff Art

• Over kunstwerk
  Wrapped Coast, Little Bay, Australia, 1968-1969 (Schellmann 87A)
  Offset print on Offsetpaper
  Edition: 100
  Signed and numbered (12/100) by the artist in lower right corner.
  Original Photograph: Harry Shunk
  Publisher: The Israël Museum, Jerusalem 1977
  Professionally framed in a American Walnut veneered frame, museumglass (anti reflecting and UV filtered). Ready to hang.
  
  Condition
  Artwork in good condition. No creases, no discolorations.
  
  Literature
  Jorg Schelmann (ed.) Christo and Jeanne-Claude, prints and objects 1963 – 2020, p. 101, P. 277
  
  Signed
  Signed by the artist and numbered (12/100) in the right lower corner.
  
  Dimensions
  Sheet
  H 47 cm
  W 68,5 cm
  
  Frame
  H. 60 cm
  W. 80 cm
  D. 4 cm
  
  The Wrapped Coast Project
  Picturesque Little Bay, south of Sydney Australia was shook up in 1969 when Bulgarian born, New York based artist arrived with his wife and over a hundred workers and volunteers who brought 90.000 square meters of plastig fabric, 56 kilometers of polypropylane rope. They transformed the landscape into a gigantic work of art, by then the largest single artwork that was ever made. The artwork captured the attention of journalists around the world and it profoundly influenced the course of contemporary art in Australia.
  
  About the Artists
  Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, known collectively as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were a married couple of artists known for their large-scale environmental installations.
  
  Christo was born on June 13, 1935 in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Sofia before moving to Prague, then Vienna, and finally Paris, where he met Jeanne-Claude in 1958.
  
  Jeanne-Claude was born on June 13, 1935 in Casablanca, Morocco. She studied Latin and philosophy at the University of Tunis and then at the University of Paris, where she met Christo.
  
  The couple worked together on numerous projects throughout their career, beginning with a series of smaller works in the 1960s. Their first major project was the 1969 Wrapped Coast, for which they covered over a mile of coastline in Little Bay, Australia with 35 miles of fabric.
  
  Over the years, Christo and Jeanne-Claude became known for their ambitious installations that transformed natural and urban landscapes around the world. They worked with various materials, including fabric, steel, and plastic, and often employed a team of engineers and fabricators to realize their visions.
  
  Some of their most famous works include the 1983 Surrounded Islands, for which they encircled eleven islands in Miami's Biscayne Bay with pink polypropylene fabric; the 1995 Wrapped Reichstag, for which they covered the German parliament building in Berlin with silver fabric; and the 2005 The Gates, for which they installed 7,503 orange fabric panels along 23 miles of footpaths in New York's Central Park.
  
  Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installations were often controversial and faced opposition from government officials and local residents. However, the couple saw their projects as a way to challenge traditional notions of art and engage with the public in a new and dynamic way.
  
  Jeanne-Claude passed away in 2009 at the age of 74. Christo continued to work on new projects and installations until his death on May 31, 2020 at the age of 84. Their legacy lives on through their numerous installations, which continue to inspire and awe audiences around the world.
  
• Over kunstenaar

  Christo en Jeanne-Claude, gerenommeerde installatie- en landkunstenaars, hebben ooit gezegd dat het doel van hun werk is om vreugde en schoonheid te creëren, zodat de kijkers bekende landschappen op nieuwe manieren kunnen zien. Christo werd geboren in 1935 in het communistische Bulgarije. Hij bezocht de Nationale Kunstacademie in Sofia voordat hij naar Praag verhuisde en vluchtte daarna uit het Oostblok, eerst naar Wenen, en daarna naar Genève en Parijs. Jeanne-Claude werd op dezelfde dag geboren als Christo in het Franse Marokko. Ze studeerde Latijn en filosofie aan de Universiteit van Tunis voordat ze naar Parijs verhuisde, waar ze Christo in 1958 ontmoette terwijl hij een portret van Jeanne-Claude's moeder schilderde.

   Het echtpaar werkte in 1961 mee aan hun eerste grote installatie, Stacked Oil Barrels, een opstelling van felgekleurde olievaten die een Parijse straat blokkeren.

  

  Christo en Jeanne-Claude emigreerden in 1964 naar New York City en begonnen een gezamenlijke artistieke carrière die de volgende vijf decennia zou duren. De kunstenaars staan bekend om het "inpakken" van objecten en historische plaatsen, zoals de Reichstag in Berlijn (1995), de Parijse Pont Neuf-brug (1985) en het Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst van Chicago (1969).

   

  Ze bouwden ook verschillende felgekleurde landinstallaties, zoals The Gates in Central Park (2005), Running Fence in Sonoma en Marin counties, California (1976), The Umbrellas in Japan en Californië (1991), en Surrounded Islands in Miami's Biscayne Bay (1983).

   

   

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