This work has been sold or is not available for sale

Javacheff christo

441 barrels structure "The wall" (Project for the June 9th, 1968 - Museum of Modern Art N.Y)

Year : 1968

Dimensions : cm 71x56

Technique : collage, pencil, enamel, wax pastel, charcoal, map and photo

Archive : filed at the Estate of Christo V. Javacheff under number 306-03

Short Review

This of the drums to hold the oil, barrels of oil, is a fixed idea of Christo and Jeanne-Claude dating back to 1958. Essentially the projects are of two types "Wall" and "Mastaba". The walls are walls made up of drums stacked on each other, while the mastabas are like truncated pyramids made with thousands of bins.  In both cases the lids of the outer bins are painted in various colors. The first wall of bins was executed in Paris on rue Visconti in 1962, a year after the construction of the Berlin Wall. So this work was also a protest for this construction. The installation was clandestine and lasted one night to avoid problems of public order. Of these installations, few were performed, all in museums. In particular, this installation never had permission for its performed. It was about closing the street in front of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In the work are reproduced the photo of this street with the drawing of the bins stacked on each other to close the passage and with the lid painted in enamel, the map of the city of the area concerned and the photo of the front of the museum. So a complete work in all its parts.

Tags: Christo and Jeanne-Claude - Wall - Mastaba

Contact Us for info

Javacheff christo

Works for sale

441 barrels structure "The wall" (Project for the June 9th, 1968 - Museum of Modern Art N.Y) - Curtains for la Rotonda (Project for la Rotonda - Via Enrico Besana - Milano)

Curtains for la Rotonda (Project for la Rotonda - Via Enrico Besana - Milano)

Year : 1970

Dimensions : cm 71x56

Technique : stoffa, mappa, matita, pastelli e foto in bianco e nero su cartone

Authentication : autentica di Christo su foto

441 barrels structure "The wall" (Project for the June 9th, 1968 - Museum of Modern Art N.Y) - Wrapped Vespa, project, 1963-64

Wrapped Vespa, project, 1963-64

Year : 2009

Dimensions : cm 31x31

Technique : silk-screen printing on cardboard with paper collage and hand-held pastel interventions

Authentication : edition: P.A. 2/45

441 barrels structure "The wall" (Project for the June 9th, 1968 - Museum of Modern Art N.Y) - Wrapped automobile, project for 1950 Studebaker Champion

Wrapped automobile, project for 1950 Studebaker Champion

Year : 2015

Dimensions : cm 43x53,5

Technique : lithography on cardboard and collage of silkscreen on fabric wrapped on cardboard and twine

Authentication : edition: P.A. 9/50

441 barrels structure "The wall" (Project for the June 9th, 1968 - Museum of Modern Art N.Y) - Ponte Sant'Angelo wrapped, project for Rome

Ponte Sant'Angelo wrapped, project for Rome

Year : 2011

Dimensions : cm 63,5x72

Technique : silk-screen with fabric and rope collage, marker, pencil, transparent polyester sheet and adhesive tape

441 barrels structure "The wall" (Project for the June 9th, 1968 - Museum of Modern Art N.Y) - Wrapped monumento to Vittorio Emanuele, projest for Piazza del Duomo, Milan

Wrapped monumento to Vittorio Emanuele, projest for Piazza del Duomo, Milan

Year : 1975

Dimensions : cm 71x56

Technique : color lithography with brown wrapping paper collage

441 barrels structure "The wall" (Project for the June 9th, 1968 - Museum of Modern Art N.Y) - Wraapped building, project for #1Times Square

Wraapped building, project for #1Times Square

Year : 2003

Dimensions : cm 77,5x59,5

Technique : lithography and screen printing, fabric collage, transparent polyethylene and twine

441 barrels structure "The wall" (Project for the June 9th, 1968 - Museum of Modern Art N.Y) - Running Fence

Running Fence

Year : 1998

Dimensions : cm 40x50

Technique : photoengraving on BFK rives paper

441 barrels structure "The wall" (Project for the June 9th, 1968 - Museum of Modern Art N.Y) - Wrapped telephone ericson

Wrapped telephone ericson

Year : 1985

Dimensions : cm 71x56

Technique : lithograph with collage of fabric, twine and photography

441 barrels structure "The wall" (Project for the June 9th, 1968 - Museum of Modern Art N.Y) - Cratère (Crater)

Cratère (Crater)

Year : 1959

Dimensions : 90x63x11,5

Technique : enamel, vinyl paint, sand and metal on board

Authentication : authentication in progress

Galleria incontro
via XXVI Aprile, 38 - 25032 CHIARI (BS) - Italy
VAT N : 02662130984
The whole website content is copyrighted and owned by Galleria Incontro