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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 number2024.68.3.1,2
SignedSigned and dated lower right on upper panel
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionThis two-part collage consists of a map on top and a drawing beneath. The map is delineated in gold ink. The drawing displays a park with paths covered with saffron cloth. Two pathways meet from the bottom of this horizontally oriented composition. The route from the right-hand corner curves to the center, then veers off to the right again towards the top of the composition. The path on the left comes to the center but has other trails that branch off toward the left as well. The paths are hidden towards the top of the composition as they continue in the distance behind trees in the park.  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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