Christo Offset Lithograph "The Mastaba" 19.6 x 23.1 x 1.5 inches Signed

Description: DescriptionChristoOffset lithograph"The Mastaba" Artwork 16.1 x 19.6 inchesFrame 19.6 x 23.1 x 1.5 inches Mastaba, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Project This is a signed print of an ongoing project.Christo is currently working on two projects. One is Over the River, set in Colorado, USA, and the other is Mastaba, set in the United Arab Emirates.Mastaba, a project in the United Arab Emirates, is a huge structure made of 410,000 drums stacked horizontally in the desert. It will be 150 meters high, 225 meters deep, and 300 meters wide.Christo and Jeanne-Claude began this project in 1977.Unfortunately, the project has not yet been realized, but Christo has been visiting Abu Dhabi frequently over the past few years to continue his steady negotiation activities.The print is a high-quality offset lithograph reproduction of one of the drawings Christo has been making in parallel with his negotiation activities.The print is a high quality offset lithograph reproduction of one of Christo's drawings, a view of the project as Christo envisioned it when it was realized. Printed on heavy watercolor/printmaking paper and signed in pencil by Christo.This is an open edition print issued in Germany, but signed prints are rare. Offset lithograph on rag paper Edition: Open EditionFrame: acrylic boxImage size: 10.8 x 13.7 inches ProfileBorn in 1935 in Gabrovo, Bulgaria No one would argue that the Bulgarian-born American artist Christo is one of the most prolific creative artists of the late 20th century and beyond.Christo and his public and private partner, Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009), have created works that have covered 100,000 square meters of Australian coastline with fabric, erected a total of 3,100 giant umbrellas (6 meters high and 8.66 meters in diameter) in Ibaraki and California, and constructed a total of 3,100 umbrellas in Paris, France. The Pont Neuf Bridge over the Seine in Paris and the German Reichstag in Berlin were covered with cloth and rope, and 7,503 gates with saffron-colored cloth hanging down were installed in New York's Central Park.Born in Bulgaria in 1935, Kurisuto fled communist Bulgaria while attending art school in Sofia, and lived in Prague, Vienna, and Geneva before defecting to Paris in 1958.Starting with cans wrapped in canvas, which he created while in Geneva, he began to work with magazines, furniture, automobiles, and other items wrapped in mysterious packaging, and in parallel, he began to create works composed of piles of used oil drums.In the early 1960s, he began working with Jeanne-Claude, whom he met not long after leaving for Paris, to create works in outdoor spaces.Since “Wharf Package” and “Stacked Drums” at the docks in Cologne in the summer of 1961 and “Wall of Drums, Iron Curtain” created guerrilla-style in Paris the following year, they have realized projects in the U.S., European countries, and Japan.The most distinctive feature of their projects is that they are all realized in public spaces for a short period of time, approximately two weeks.For a work that exists for only a few weeks, they have spent more than 25 years in some cases to obtain permission from public agencies and landowners.It is also their policy to raise the production costs, which can run into the billions of yen, entirely with their own hands, without relying on donations or subsidies.The funds come from Christo's drawings, objects, and prints.After Jeanne-Claude's sudden death in the fall of 2009, Christo continued to work on two projects: “Over the River,” a project on the Arkansas River in Colorado, in which he will stretch 9.5 kilometers of fabric horizontally across a 68-kilometer section of the river flowing through the Rocky Mountains, and “The Masters,” a project in which he will pile 410,000 oil drums in the desert to create a giant structure. Mastaba, a project in the United Arab Emirates, in which 410,000 drums will be piled up to form a giant structure in the desert. Contact usIf you have any questions, comments, or product requests, you can always contact us via eBay message.I will do my best to support you. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us. We want you to be completely satisfied with your purchase. ShippingWe use FedEx and Japan Post for our shipments, and usually arrive within 3 to 10 days after shipment.*Except for irregular situations such as weather and customs troubles International Buyers - Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and fees are not included in the price or shipping charges. These charges are the responsibility of the buyer. Please check with your country's customs office about how much these additional costs will be before you price or purchase.

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Location: JAPAN

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