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

Artist Christo (American, born Bulgaria, 1935 - 2020)

Artist Wolfgang Volz (photograph) (American, born 1948)

Date1978

MediumGraphite, wax crayon, enamel paint, and photograph on paper

DimensionsOverall: 15 × 9 1/2 inches (38.1 × 24.13 cm)

Credit LineGift of The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation

Object number2024.68.18

SignedSigned and dated lower left

On View

Not on view

Collections

Contemporary Art

Terms

Mixed Media

DescriptionThis photograph is centered on a large white board and displays a park with a path covered by a drawing/painting of saffron cloth. In the vertically oriented composition, the path is viewed from the perspective of one standing on it. 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. A person walks on the path toward the viewer. The saffron-draped path is in surrounded by trees, bushes, and grass.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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