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

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

Artist Christo (American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020)
Artist Wolfgang Volz (German, born 1948)
Date1978
MediumGelatin silver print with mixed media
DimensionsImage and sheet: 12 1/16 × 8 1/16 inches (30.64 × 20.48 cm)
Mount: 14 15/16 × 9 1/2 inches (37.94 × 24.13 cm)
Framed: 15 1/4 × 9 3/4 × 1 1/4 inches (38.74 × 24.77 × 3.18 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Estelle and Morton Sosland in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2021.31.2
SignedSigned and dated on mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "[signature] 1978"
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in pencil: "WRAPPED WALK WAYS / PROJECT FOR JACOB L. LOOSE PARK, KANSAS CITY / MISSOURI, / Length 14,000 Feet"
MarkingsOn mount recto, top, in pencil: "Steelspike 5/16" dia. Length 8""; "67""; On mount and image recto, center left, in black crayon and black pen: "8" average pull-out [illeg.] / 95.6""; On wood strainer, top, in black marker: "5. MRS. MORTON SOSLAND - K.C. MO."; On cardboard backer, upper left, in pencil: "PH".
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DescriptionBlack and white image of a pathway which fills the foreground and winds through the landscape and turns towards the left. The path is covered in yellow fabric, which the artist has represented here using yellow paint and crayon applied to the surface of the photograph. In the background, upper left, five large trees form a single line. Inscriptions and notations appear on the mount with a grid superimposed over the image.Exhibition History
Morgan Gallery (possibly)
Provenance

Morgan Gallery or Nelson-Atkins' Sales and Rental Gallery;

Promised Gift, 2009;

Bequeathed by Estelle and Morton Sosland to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2021.

Copyright© The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation/ Matthias Koddenberg
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