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, three photostats, fabric, staples, 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 number2024.68.14.1,2

SignedSigned and dated upper right on right panel

On View

Not on view

Collections

Contemporary Art

Terms

Mixed Media

DescriptionThis two-paneled collage shows a large photograph/drawing to the left and a horizontally oriented map of a park delineated with gold lines to the right, with two small black-and-white photographs of pathways in a park beneath it. The large photography/drawing on the left is primarily monochrome and displays a park pathway covered with cloth. The grass is softly colored with yellow gold. The path starts at the bottom center of the vertically oriented composition and recedes into the distance as it rises. It curves to the left at the top of the composition and then splits into two branches going forward in opposite directions. A person walks on the path toward the viewer. Trees rise in the distance, and a few buildings that resemble residences peek through the trees. Above the drawing/photograph and map 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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