Bulgaria
• 1935
- 2009
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The difference between a temporary and a permanent work is like the difference between a work of art and a building.
Biography
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff was born in Bulgaria and studied fine arts in Sofia and Vienna before moving to Paris in 1958. There he met Jeanne-Claude, who became his muse and partner in exotic art. They married in 1962, moved to New York in 1964 and began making the ever-larger "environmental" artworks for which Christo became famous: wrapped fountains, bridges, buildings, and other public spaces.
Working with his wife and creative partner, Jeanne-Claude (Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon), he created some of the most spectacular large-scale artworks of the 20th century. They wrapped in fabric the Reichstag building in Berlin (1995) and the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris (1985), built a 25-mile fabric fence across Northern California (1975), and strung a huge orange curtain across a Colorado Valley (1972).
Their career (to date) culminated with "The Gates," which placed 7500 vinyl gates, with free-flowing orange nylon fabric panels, across 23 miles of Central Park walkways for 16 days in 2005.
Jeanne-Claude passed away on November 18, 2009 in New York.
Christo passed on May 31, 2020 in New York.
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Cubic Feet Empaquetages
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$5,365
Wrapped Snoopy House Collage
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 61.2 x 54.9 cm Print - 24.1 x 21.6 inch
$18,955
Lithographie Le Pont Neuf
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 25 x 19 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.5 x 0 inch
$2,980
L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, by Day
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 40 x 60 x 0.01 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$2,623
L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, by Night
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 40 x 60 x 0.01 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$2,623
Allied Chemical Tower, Packed, Project for No. 1 Times Square
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 71.1 x 55.9 cm Print - 28 x 22 inch
$4,500
Wrapped Reichstag
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 66 x 98 x 0.5 cm Photography - 26 x 38.6 x 0.2 inch
$11,921
Christo (1935-2020) Project for the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 1970. Signé
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 48 x 68 x 2 cm Print - 18.9 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch
$5,961
The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, 1984-91. Ibaraki, Japan site
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 64 x 98 cm Photography - 25.2 x 38.6 inch
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Projet pour l'emballage de l'Ecole Militaire
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 59 x 46 cm Print - 23.2 x 18.1 inch
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Project for a Public Building's Packaging
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 54 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 21.3 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
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Wrapped Opera House - Project for Sydney
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 86.4 x 61.6 x 0.5 cm Print - 34 x 24.25 x 0.2 inch
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Projet pour l'emballage de l'arc de Triomphe
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 48 x 64 cm Print - 18.9 x 25.2 inch
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Wrapped Monument to Cristobal Colón. (Project for Barcelona)
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Fine Art Drawings - 71 x 56.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 22.2 inch
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The Wall-Wrapped Roman Wall
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 64 x 95 cm Photography - 25.2 x 37.4 inch
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The artistic movements of the artists are: Land Art, Site-Specific Art
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The year of birth of the artist is: 1935