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Wrapped Walk Ways (Project for Jacob L. Loose Memorial Park, Kansas City, Missouri)
Wrapped Walk Ways (Project for Jacob L. Loose Memorial Park, Kansas City, Missouri)

Wrapped Walk Ways (Project for Jacob L. Loose Memorial Park, Kansas City, Missouri)

Artist Christo (American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020)
Artist Wolfgang Volz (photograph) (German, born 1948)
Date1978
MediumGraphite, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, photostat, fabric, staples, and handwritten technical notes on paper
Dimensions.1 (left): 28 × 11 inches (71.12 × 27.94 cm)
.2 (right): 28 × 22 inches (71.12 × 55.88 cm)
Credit LineGift of The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation
Object number2024.68.10.1,2
SignedSigned and dated lower left on left panel
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionThis two-paneled collage shows two documents with handwritten notes in black and yellow ink to the left and a black-and-white photograph/drawing of a park with paths covered by a drawing of a saffron cloth to the right. In the vertically oriented composition, the colored path exceeds the photograph's frame and spills out onto the panel supporting it beneath. The path enters the composition at the bottom in the center, then moves up and to the right of the composition while receding into the distance. The path bends to the left toward the center of the composition, then branches off in two places and circles around a circular pool of water. Other branches of the path meet the circular path as well. Off in the distance the path extends perpendicularly beneath an arched gateway. One person walks along the path away from the viewer in the middle ground. The grass surrounding it is lightly colored by the same saffron that appears on the path. Trees rise in the background. nd.Exhibition History
Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways, Work in Progress, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 1978.

Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways, Kansas City Missouri, 1977-78, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, England, 1979.

Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways, Documentation Exhibition, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, US, 1979.

Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways, Work in Progress, Greenville County Museum of Art, South Carolina, USA, 1979.

Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways, Documentation Exhibition, Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 1980.

Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78, Documentation Exhibition, Community Gallery of Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 1981.

Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78, Documentation Exhibition, The University of Texas, El Paso, Texas USA, 1981.

Wrapped Walk Ways, Kansas City, Missouri 1977-78, Documentation Exhibition, Carnegie Hall, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA, 1982.
Provenance

The artists, New York, NY, 1978–2024;

 

Gifted by The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation (New York, NY) to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2024.

Published References
Copyright© The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation / The Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York
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