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Christo and Jeanne-Claude — Wrapped Building, Project for 1 Times Square, Allied Chemical Tower, New York (S. 154)
Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Wrapped Building, Project for 1 Times Square, Allied Chemical Tower, New York (S. 154)

This complex mixed-media work by Christo and Jeanne-Claude combines lithography, fabric collage, polyethylene, and charcoal to present a project for wrapping the Allied Chemical Tower at Times Square in New York. The piece exemplifies the artists' conceptual approach to temporarily transforming urban architecture through wrapping.

Medium
Lithograph in colours with collage of fabric, thread, transparent polyethylene, staples, photographic map (Chine-collé), and masking tape, with charcoal and colour additions, on Arches Cover paper mounted on museum board (as issued), the full sheet.

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June 14, 2022

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Wrapped Building, Project for 1 Times Square, Allied Chemical Tower, New York (S. 154)

This complex mixed-media work by Christo and Jeanne-Claude combines lithography, fabric collage, polyethylene, and charcoal to present a project for wrapping the Allied Chemical Tower at Times Square in New York. The piece exemplifies the artists' conceptual approach to temporarily transforming urban architecture through wrapping.

Medium
Lithograph in colours with collage of fabric, thread, transparent polyethylene, staples, photographic map (Chine-collé), and masking tape, with charcoal and colour additions, on Arches Cover paper mounted on museum board (as issued), the full sheet.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Innovative Technique, Conceptual, Building, American, Mixed Media, Collage, Urban, Architecture, Lithograph, Contemporary

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