2347707

Christo The Gates XX #2347707

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Christo   The Gates XX #2347707
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Ref:NR18371-B
Last Name:Christo
First Name:Javacheff
Title:The Gates XX
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Paper Height(Inches)16.5
Paper Width(Inches):12.5
Notes:From the Gates Project, Manhattan New York. From actual planning drawings submitted to the City of New York for approval. This Offset lithograph on embossed paper measures 16.5 x 12 1/2 inches, and is hand-signed in pencil by Christo, not numbered.
Medium:Offset Lithograph
Image Height(Inches):11
Image Width(Inches):8.25
Subject:New York
Additional Info:Background: One hundred fifty-one years ago the City of New York purchased a large piece of land and asked the two landscape architects, Mr. Calvert Vaux and Mr. Fredrick Law Olmstead to design a public park. The geometric grid pattern of the hundreds city blocks surrounding Central Park was reflected in the rectangular structure of the commanding and sculptural saffron colored vinyl poles, while the serpentine design of the walkways and the organic shape of the bare branches of the trees was mirrored in the continuously changing rounded and sensual movements of the free-flowing nylon panels moving in the wind. After Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, announced, on January 22, 2003, that a 43-page contract had been signed permitting New York artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude to realize their temporary work of art: The Gates, Central Park, New York, 1979-2005, the fabrication of all the materials was started. The installation, at the site in Central ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:20th Century</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:USA</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:16.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:12.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:Christo The Gates XX</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Offset Lithograph</td></tr>


<tr><td>Location:Brooklyn, New York</td></tr>
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