About The Work
This very rare, signed and uniquely inscribed gelatin silver print was a wedding gift from Christo to pioneering performance artist Letty Lou Eisenhauer (Roy Lichtenstein's former girlfriend) and David L. Kurzman. It has special significance as it is personally inscribed by Christo "For Letty Eisenhauer and David Kurzman." The work depicts Christo's 1968 Project for Documenta Kassel, the "largest ever inflated structure without a skeleton. After three unsuccessful attempts, it was erected on August 3, 1968, with the assistance of five cranes, two of which were 230 feet (70 meters) high and weighed 200 tons each."
Courtesy of Alpha 137 Gallery
About Christo and Jeanne-Claude
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Photograph
Gelatin silver print
23.30 x 19.70 in
59.2 x 50.0 cm
Hand-signed by artist, Boldly signed, dated, numbered and inscribed in black marker by Christo to Letty Eisenhauer and David Kurzman.
About The Work
This very rare, signed and uniquely inscribed gelatin silver print was a wedding gift from Christo to pioneering performance artist Letty Lou Eisenhauer (Roy Lichtenstein's former girlfriend) and David L. Kurzman. It has special significance as it is personally inscribed by Christo "For Letty Eisenhauer and David Kurzman." The work depicts Christo's 1968 Project for Documenta Kassel, the "largest ever inflated structure without a skeleton. After three unsuccessful attempts, it was erected on August 3, 1968, with the assistance of five cranes, two of which were 230 feet (70 meters) high and weighed 200 tons each."
Courtesy of Alpha 137 Gallery
About Christo and Jeanne-Claude
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- News & Events: 7 Innovative Mobile Abodes (and the Artworks They Curiously Resemble)
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Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Schelmann/Benecke
Condition: Good vintage condition; minor wear to corners which will frame out fine. The work has been removed from its original 1960s frame and is being sold unframed.
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