About Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
scouting locations for the site of The Mastaba, October 2007
Photo: Wolfgang Volz © 2007 Christo
The Mastaba (Project for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Drawing 2012
Pencil, charcoal, wax crayon, pastel, hand-drawn road map, technical data, enamel paint and tape
15 × 95” and 42 × 95” (38 × 241.3 cm and 106.6 × 241.3 cm)
Photo: André Grossmann
© 2012 Christo
Christo The Floating Piers (Project for Lake Iseo, Italy)
Drawing in two parts 38 × 244 cm and 106.6 × 244 cm
Pencil, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, enamel paint, topographic map, fabric sample and tape
Photo: André Grossmann
© 2014 Christo
The Floating Piers, Lake Iseo, Italy, 2014-16
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 2016 Christo
The Floating Piers, Lake Iseo, Italy, 2014-16
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 2016 Christo
The Gates (Project for Central Park, New York City)
Drawing 2003 in two parts
Pencil, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, fabric sample, aerial photograph and hand-drawn technical data
15 × 96” and 42 × 96” (38 × 244 cm and 106.6 × 244 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, USA (Gift of Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy)
Photo: André Grossmann
© 2003 Christo
The Gates (Project for Central Park, New York City)
Drawing 2004 in two parts
Pencil, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, aerial photograph, fabric sample and hand-drawn technical data
15 × 96” and 42 × 96” (38 × 244 cm and 106.6 × 244 cm)
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 2004 Christo
The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 2005 Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Reichstag (Project for West Berlin – “Der Deutsche Reichstag”)
Collage 1972
Pencil, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, fabric, staples, photographs, map and tape
22 × 28” (56 × 71 cm)
Private collection
Photo: Archive
© 1972 Christo
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971-95
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1995 Christo
Christo and Jeanne-Claude made monumental works on a huge scale for over half a century, including the wrapping of The Reichstag in Berlin and The Gates in Central Park, New York. Their drawings are held by most major museums, galleries, and collections around the world, including Guggenheim New York, Tate London, and the Centre Pompidou Paris. The work is also held by many major corporate collections including Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital, Daimler, and Toyota.
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