The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York
Christo; Jeanne-Claude; Jack Lemon; Landfall Press
Description
Subject Matter:
This print is part of a portfolio of prepatory sketches, photos, and other prints that the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude produced in 1968 for a project that would have taken place in New York City. The pair was going to wrap the MoMA as well as the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, install an inflatible sculpture in the Garden, and build a Wall of Oil Barrels on 53rd street. In the end, because the museum's insurance company would not continue to cover the museum while it was wrapped the museum agreed to create an exhibition of the prepatory materials for the project entitled Christo Wraps the Museum: Scale Models, Photomontages, and Drawings for a Non-Event.
Physical Description:
This print includes three seperate images and text. At the top is a sketch in black ink of the Museum of Modern Art, wrapped in textile, with buildings behind it. Below is a map of the area in NYC around MoMA and a photograph of MoMA, unwrapped. Handwritten labels and notes are included.
Usage Rights:
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