Christo and Jeanne-Claude "The Gates" Central Park, New York, Framed

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Art card (offset lithograph on gloss paper) hand signed by Christo Javacheff from "The Gates" installation project in New York's … more Art card (offset lithograph on gloss paper) hand signed by Christo Javacheff from "The Gates" installation project in New York's Central Park, plus a piece of fabric used in the project. Custom framed in a natural wood frame with a black conservation mat, and protected by Tru Vue Conservation Clear® glass glazing. Overall size with frame: 12-1/2 x 8-1/2 x 1-1/4 inches; mat opening size: 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches; fabric size: 1 x 1-1/2 inches. As with all of our framed art, the frame and framing materials are new. The print and fabric are in mint condition, having never been previously displayed, and once framed is stored in a controlled environment away from light.

"The Gates" was a site-specific work of installtion art by Christo Yavacheff and Jeanne-Claude, known as "Christo and Jeanne-Claude". The exhibit ran from February 12 through February 27, 2005. They had installed 7,503 vinyl "gates" on 23 miles of pathways in New York City's Central Park, and from each gate hung a panel of saffron-colored nylon fabric.

Christo Javacheff (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as "Christo and Jeanne-Claude", were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, including the "Wrapped Reichstag", "Pont Neuf Wrapped", "Running Fence" in California, and "The Gates" in New York City's Central Park. Born in Bulgaria and Morocco, respectively, they met and married in Paris in the late 1950s. Originally working under Christo's name, they later credited their installations to "Christo and Jeanne-Claude". Their work was large, visually impressive, and controversial, often taking years and sometimes decades of careful preparation – including technical solutions, political negotiation, permitting and environmental approval, hearings and public persuasion. They refused grants, scholarships, donations or public money, instead financed the work via the sale of their own artwork. Until his own death in 2020, Christo continued to plan and execute projects after Jeanne-Claude's death in 2009. less