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 (left): 96 × 15 inches (243.84 × 38.1 cm)
.2 (right): 96 × 42 inches (243.84 × 106.68 cm)

Credit LineGift of The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation

Object number2024.68.17.1,2

SignedSigned and dated lower right on left panel

On View

Not on view

Collections

Contemporary Art

Terms

Mixed Media

DescriptionThis two-paneled collage shows a sliver of a cutoff park map delineated with gold lines to the left. To the right is a black-and-white drawing of a park pathway covered by saffron-colored cloth. The path is viewed from the perspective of one standing just to the left of it. It enters the composition in the lower right corner and recedes into the distance as it rises. The path flows straight towards the left, then curves to the right as another leg of the path meets it. It continues to exit off the left side of the plane towards the middle of the top of the composition. One tree rises above the path right before the curve, and other trees dot the background in the distance. Two buildings peek through the trees in both the left and right corners. At the top of the overall 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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