{"product_id":"christo-wrapped-statues-munich-1989","title":"CHRISTO \"WRAPPED STATUES, MUNICH\" 1988","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChristo (1935–2020) was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century environmental and installation art. Working with Jeanne-Claude, he transformed familiar buildings, monuments, and landscapes through temporary acts of concealment. Their projects challenged conventional ideas of sculpture and public space, emphasizing transformation, scale, and the ephemeral nature of art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth realized and proposed projects are stunning examples of land art, installation and public sculpture. While their output consisted of large-scale temporary artworks, the couple also sold sketches, collages, and editions to finance their ambitious projects. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe temporary nature of their work is perhaps its most alluring aspect. Only preparatory drawings, prints, and collages remain after the installations are dismounted. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eThis print\u003cspan\u003e was created for the Official Arts Portfolio of the XXIV Olympiad in Seoul. The work depicts Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s proposed intervention at Munich’s Glyptothek, a museum devoted to ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. Their plan envisioned wrapping the museum’s interior and its sculptures in fabric, temporarily obscuring forms that had been preserved and displayed for centuries. Through concealment, Christo sought to make the familiar newly visible. The edition combines screenprinting and collage to capture this transformation, translating an ambitious and ephemeral proposal into a richly layered work on paper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eChristo and Jeanne-Claude’s work is held in major international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Art Institute of Chicago. Their work is also represented in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:info@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\" target=\"_blank\"\u003evisit our Toronto gallery\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wrapped Statues (Project for Der Glyptotek in Munich Aegean Temple)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a portfolio of 25 prints published on the occasion of the 1988 Olympics \"Olympic Games Seoul\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1988\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSilkscreen with collage of three offset prints on Arches Cover paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSigned in pencil, lower right; Numbered in pencil, lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdition: HC LV\/LXIII (55\/63)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Olympic Games Committee, Seoul, South Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted by Landfall Press, Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e35\"H 27\"W (sheet)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCatalogue Raisonné: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSchellmann 135 (listed in the online edition of the CR: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/arspublicata.com\/catalogue-raisonne\/christo-and-jeanne-claude-prints-and-objects-?work=135\"\u003elink\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67606398206188,"sku":"09-26","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Christo-Wrapped-Statues-1988_01.jpg?v=1789836009","url":"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/products\/christo-wrapped-statues-munich-1989","provider":"Caviar20","version":"1.0","type":"link"}