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Christo — The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York
Christo — The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York
Christo — The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York
Christo — The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York
Christo — The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York
Christo

The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York

This offset lithograph presents Christo's audacious vision for temporarily transforming the Museum of Modern Art's iconic Manhattan building into a wrapped monument. Created in 1971 as part of his "Some Not Realized Projects" portfolio, the work combines lithographic printing with photographic collage to visualize the artist's conceptual intervention, showing the rear elevation of the modernist structure completely enveloped in fabric and secured by rope. The juxtaposition of the photograph with the lithographic rendering creates a dialogue between documentation and imagination, collapsing the boundary between the unrealized dream and a plausible architectural possibility. Signed and numbered 26 from an edition of 100, this print on Rives BFK and Special Arjomari paper represents Christo's exploration of how temporary interventions can radically alter perception of familiar civic spaces and challenge conventional notions of what a museum, or any public building, might be. The work captures a pivotal moment in his artistic practice when wrapping became his signature medium for exposing the hidden forms and scale of architectural landmarks, transforming monuments into sites of wonder and questioning our relationship to the built environment.

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Christo, The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York, 1971 (Some) Not Realized Projects Portfolio, 1971, Signed, Offset lithograph on Rives BFK and Special Arjomari with photograph collage, Edition 26/100, 31 1/4" x 25 1/4" Framed Size, 28" x 22" Sheet Size

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Christo, The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York

This offset lithograph presents Christo's audacious vision for temporarily transforming the Museum of Modern Art's iconic Manhattan building into a wrapped monument. Created in 1971 as part of his "Some Not Realized Projects" portfolio, the work combines lithographic printing with photographic collage to visualize the artist's conceptual intervention, showing the rear elevation of the modernist structure completely enveloped in fabric and secured by rope. The juxtaposition of the photograph with the lithographic rendering creates a dialogue between documentation and imagination, collapsing the boundary between the unrealized dream and a plausible architectural possibility. Signed and numbered 26 from an edition of 100, this print on Rives BFK and Special Arjomari paper represents Christo's exploration of how temporary interventions can radically alter perception of familiar civic spaces and challenge conventional notions of what a museum, or any public building, might be. The work captures a pivotal moment in his artistic practice when wrapping became his signature medium for exposing the hidden forms and scale of architectural landmarks, transforming monuments into sites of wonder and questioning our relationship to the built environment.

Medium
Christo, The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York, 1971 (Some) Not Realized Projects Portfolio, 1971, Signed, Offset lithograph on Rives BFK and Special Arjomari with photograph collage, Edition 26/100, 31 1/4" x 25 1/4" Framed Size, 28" x 22" Sheet Size
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Georgetown Frame Shoppe, Washington, D.C., United States

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