
Wrapped Building, Project for #1 Times Square, Allied Chemical Tower, New York
A monumental vision of urban transformation, Christo's lithograph reimagines the iconic Allied Chemical Tower at 1 Times Square enveloped in billowing fabric, rendering one of New York City's most recognizable landmarks as a ghostly, shrouded form. The work's mixed-media construction — incorporating actual fabric, thread, and transparent polyethylene alongside photographic and cartographic documentation — blurs the boundary between artistic proposal and tactile reality. True to Christo's signature practice of presenting grand-scale wrapping projects through richly layered preparatory works, this piece captures both the architectural specificity of its subject and the poetic tension between concealment and revelation.
- Medium
- Lithograph with collage of fabric, thread, tranasparent polyethylene, staples, photograph, map (Chine collé) and masking tape, with charcoal and color additions, Arches paper to Museum Board, the full sheet.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection
April 18, 2017
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