Vintage Original Poster Christo Wraps from MoMA

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Dimensions: 33.25" by 20.25"

Christo's early seminal museum exhibition "Christs Wraps the Museum" at the Museum of Modern Art, New … Read more Dimensions: 33.25" by 20.25"

Christo's early seminal museum exhibition "Christs Wraps the Museum" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York June 5-25, 1968 Original grocery bag paper and dated in the lower left corner.

Christo who is best know for his epic public artworks like "The Gates" and "Running Wall" was an early artist of the John Gibson Gallery when it opened in 1967 om the upper East Side of NYC. He recently passed away.

Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks and landscape elements wrapped in fabric, including the Wrapped Reichstag, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Running Fence in California, and The Gates in New York City's Central Park.[1]

Born on the same day in Bulgaria and Morocco, respectively, the pair met and married in Paris in the late 1950s. Originally working under Christo's name, they later credited their installations to both "Christo and Jeanne-Claude". Until his own death in 2020, Christo continued to plan and execute projects after Jeanne-Claude's death in 2009.

Their work was typically large, visually impressive, and controversial, often taking years and sometimes decades of careful preparation – including technical solutions, political negotiation, permitting and environmental approval, hearings and public persuasion. The pair refused grants, scholarships, donations or public money, instead financing the work via the sale of their own artwork. See less