Christo and Jeanne-Claude
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Bulgaria • 1935 - 2009  128 followers

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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Print, Wrapped Barcelona fontain, Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Print . 56 x 71 cm Print . 22 x 28 inch

€9,000 €6,300

Photography, Cubic Feet Empaquetages, Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Photography . 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€4,500

Photography, Wrapped Reichstag, Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Photography . 66 x 98 x 0.5 cm Photography . 26 x 38.6 x 0.2 inch

€10,000

Print, Ponte Sant’Angelo, Wrapped, Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Print . 63.5 x 72.4 x 0.01 cm Print . 25 x 28.5 x 0 inch

€12,500

Print, Wrapped Kunsthalle Bern, Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Print . 70 x 55 cm Print . 27.6 x 21.7 inch

€9,800

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