
Wrapped Telephone, Project, from 12 years of Galeria Joan Prats, 1976-1988
A lithograph featuring a telephone rendered as if encased in transparent polyethylene and bound with twine, this work exemplifies Christo and Jeanne-Claude's signature practice of wrapping familiar objects to transform their perceived identity and function. The combination of printmaking with collaged materials — including actual polyethylene, twine, and staples — blurs the boundary between two-dimensional art and sculptural object. Hand-colouring in grease pencil and paint adds an intimate, studio quality to the piece, situating it within the artists' broader tradition of preparatory and commemorative works that document their monumental wrapping projects.
- Medium
- Lithograph with collage of transparent polyethylene, twine, and staples, with hand-colouring in grease pencil and paint, on Guarro paper mounted to cardboard (as issued), the full sheet,
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
June 11, 2015
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