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1968 Christo Wraps The Museum Signed Poster, Musem of Modern Art NYC

Description: Poster for exhibition by Christo and Jeanne Claude, June 5-25, 1968 at The Museum of Modern Art 33 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches on brown paper bag paper Special edition of 100 signed copies, 30 copies still extant   In early 1968, Christo and Jeanne-Claude proposed various projects for The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, to be realized all at the same time.In addition to wrapping the museum's building and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, the artists planned to inflate an air package in the sculpture garden and to build a Wall of Oil Barrels outside the museum closing 53rd Street for both traffic and pedestrians. Inside the main hall of the museum, Christo and Jeanne-Claude wanted to erect a mastaba of stacked oil barrels and to wrap several trees, some of which were intended to lie on the floor, while others would have been presented upright, their trunks being fixed to concrete bases.   The Museum of Modern Art would have been the first wrapped public building. Though Professor William S. Rubin, the museum's chief curator, initiated efforts to obtain permission to wrap the building, the insurance company warned that coverage would cease to be in effect the moment that the wrapping of the museum started.   Instead of giving Christo and Jeanne-Claude permission to realize their projects, the museum organized a personal exhibition containing a selection of Christo's preparatory drawings, collages and scale models. The show, which took place in June 1968, was titled "Christo Wraps the Museum: Scale Models, Photomontages, and Drawings for a Non-Event."

Price: 700 USD

Location: New York, New York

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1968 Christo Wraps The Museum Signed Poster, Musem of Modern Art NYC

Item Specifics

All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Artist: Christo

Unit of Sale: Single Piece

Character: MUSEUM

Signed By: Christo

Size: Medium

Signed: Yes

Material: Paper

Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes

Framing: Unframed

Original/Licensed Reprint: Original

Franchise: None

Subject: Museum

Type: Poster

Year of Production: 1968

COA Issued By: Dvaid Gibson

Item Height: 33 1/2 in

Style: Contemporary Art

Theme: Art

Features: Limited Edition

Featured Person/Artist: Christo

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Item Width: 22 1/2 in

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