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Christo — Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, Colorado, From Underneath
Christo — Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, Colorado, From Underneath
Christo — Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, Colorado, From Underneath
Christo

Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, Colorado, From Underneath

This offset lithograph presents Christo's visionary conceptualization of "Over The River," capturing the artist's signature approach to temporarily transforming natural landscapes through monumental fabric installations. The perspective from underneath the proposed translucent fabric canopy reveals the Arkansas River flowing beneath a billowing golden-hued material, creating an ethereal interplay between the intervention and the landscape it momentarily obscures. The lithograph demonstrates Christo's meticulous attention to environmental context, showing how the fabric would interact with light, water, and the surrounding topography of the Colorado gorge. The work exemplifies Christo's practice of rendering ambitious public art projects through multiple preparatory drawings, studies, and prints that serve as both documentation and artistic objects in their own right. This unnumbered offset lithograph, signed by the artist in 1993, captures a particular moment in the lengthy development of the project, preserving the conceptual vision that would eventually inform the temporary installation's realization. For collectors, this print represents a crucial document of Christo's engagement with the American landscape and his commitment to temporarily altering perception of monumental natural sites through innovative materials and ambitious scale.

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Christo, Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, Colorado, From Underneath,, 1993, Signed, Offset lithograph, Edition Unnumbered, 32 1/4" x 25 1/2" Sheet Size

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Christo, Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, Colorado, From Underneath

This offset lithograph presents Christo's visionary conceptualization of "Over The River," capturing the artist's signature approach to temporarily transforming natural landscapes through monumental fabric installations. The perspective from underneath the proposed translucent fabric canopy reveals the Arkansas River flowing beneath a billowing golden-hued material, creating an ethereal interplay between the intervention and the landscape it momentarily obscures. The lithograph demonstrates Christo's meticulous attention to environmental context, showing how the fabric would interact with light, water, and the surrounding topography of the Colorado gorge. The work exemplifies Christo's practice of rendering ambitious public art projects through multiple preparatory drawings, studies, and prints that serve as both documentation and artistic objects in their own right. This unnumbered offset lithograph, signed by the artist in 1993, captures a particular moment in the lengthy development of the project, preserving the conceptual vision that would eventually inform the temporary installation's realization. For collectors, this print represents a crucial document of Christo's engagement with the American landscape and his commitment to temporarily altering perception of monumental natural sites through innovative materials and ambitious scale.

Medium
Christo, Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, Colorado, From Underneath,, 1993, Signed, Offset lithograph, Edition Unnumbered, 32 1/4" x 25 1/2" Sheet Size
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Georgetown Frame Shoppe, Washington, D.C., United States

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