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, and map 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 number2024.68.15.1,2

SignedSigned and dated upper right on left panel

On View

Not on view

Collections

Contemporary Art

Terms

Mixed Media

DescriptionThis two-paneled collage shows a vertically oriented map of a park delineated with gold lines and a few handwritten notes to the left. To the right is a vertically oriented black-and-white photograph/drawing of a pathway in a park that is covered by a drawing of saffron-colored cloth. The path is viewed from the perspective of one standing on it. It spans the width of the entire lower portion of the composition and then recedes into the distance as it rises. The path veers off to the right and then begins to curve to the left as it passes through a stone wall. In the distance, toward the top of the composition, a portion of the path enters the plane from the left and runs behind bushes. Trees dot the middle and background and cast shadows over the path. There is a structure in the top right corner of the composition that is obscured by trees. Across the top of the entire composition are handwritten notes in black ink.

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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.

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