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Christo — Wrapped Building, Project for Times Square
Christo

Wrapped Building, Project for Times Square

This striking mixed media lithograph presents Christo's visionary proposal to envelope the iconic Times Square area in shimmering fabric, transforming one of the world's most recognizable urban landscapes into a monumental work of concealment and revelation. Created in 1991, the work captures the artist's characteristic approach to site-specific intervention, where the temporary wrapping of architectural forms challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship to familiar spaces and the very nature of visibility itself. The composition employs Christo's signature technique of combining lithography with hand-applied media, creating luminous surfaces that evoke the reflective quality of the fabric itself, while meticulous architectural renderings ground the conceptual vision in tangible spatial reality. This edition print represents not merely a documentation of Christo's unrealized vision but rather a standalone artwork that articulates the conceptual rigor underlying his practice. The work belongs to a significant body of project drawings produced during the artist's most prolific period, when ambitious proposals for wrapped buildings and landscapes captured the imagination of collectors and institutions worldwide. Signed and limited to an edition of 125, this lithograph embodies the democratic impulse that defined Christo's practice, making his large-scale conceptual investigations accessible to collectors while maintaining the precision and intentionality characteristic of his studio practice. The scale and quality of the sheet size, combined with the technical mastery evident in the print's execution, render this a substantial and commanding work suitable for serious collectors of contemporary conceptual and public art.

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Christo, Wrapped Building, Project for Times Square, 1991, Signed, Original mixed media lithograph, Edition 125, 39" x 25" Sheet Size

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Christo, Wrapped Building, Project for Times Square

This striking mixed media lithograph presents Christo's visionary proposal to envelope the iconic Times Square area in shimmering fabric, transforming one of the world's most recognizable urban landscapes into a monumental work of concealment and revelation. Created in 1991, the work captures the artist's characteristic approach to site-specific intervention, where the temporary wrapping of architectural forms challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship to familiar spaces and the very nature of visibility itself. The composition employs Christo's signature technique of combining lithography with hand-applied media, creating luminous surfaces that evoke the reflective quality of the fabric itself, while meticulous architectural renderings ground the conceptual vision in tangible spatial reality. This edition print represents not merely a documentation of Christo's unrealized vision but rather a standalone artwork that articulates the conceptual rigor underlying his practice. The work belongs to a significant body of project drawings produced during the artist's most prolific period, when ambitious proposals for wrapped buildings and landscapes captured the imagination of collectors and institutions worldwide. Signed and limited to an edition of 125, this lithograph embodies the democratic impulse that defined Christo's practice, making his large-scale conceptual investigations accessible to collectors while maintaining the precision and intentionality characteristic of his studio practice. The scale and quality of the sheet size, combined with the technical mastery evident in the print's execution, render this a substantial and commanding work suitable for serious collectors of contemporary conceptual and public art.

Medium
Christo, Wrapped Building, Project for Times Square, 1991, Signed, Original mixed media lithograph, Edition 125, 39" x 25" Sheet Size
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