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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)
Date1978
MediumGraphite, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, and map on paper
Dimensions.1 (upper): 15 × 36 inches (38.1 × 91.44 cm)
.2 (lower): 60 × 36 inches (152.4 × 91.44 cm)
Credit LineGift of The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation
Object number2024.68.1.1,2
SignedSigned and dated lower right on upper panel
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionThis two-part collage consists of a map at the top and a drawing below. The map shows the pathways delineated in gold. The drawing shows a path covered with saffron cloth. It starts at the bottom of the vertically oriented composition from the perspective of one standing on the path, then fades into the distance towards the top of the drawing, where it curves past a pond. The saffron-draped path is in surrounded by trees, bushes, and grass.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.

Wrapped Walk Ways, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78, Documentation Exhibition, Fukuoka Municipal Museum of Art, Japan, 1983.

Wrapped Walk Ways, Kansas City, Missouri 1977-78, Documentation Exhibition, National Museum of Osaka, Japan, 1983.

Wrapped Walk Ways, Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78, Documentation Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut, USA, 1985.

Wrapped Walk Ways, Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78, Documentation Exhibition, Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 1987.

Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways, Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78, Documentation Exhibition, Todd Madigan Gallery, Bakersfield, California, USA, 1991.

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

Goheen, Ellen. Christo, Wrapped Walk Ways: Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78 /  photographs by Wolfgang Volz. 1st ed. (New York: H. N. Abrams, 1978.)

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