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Large color photograph of Jacob L. Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri
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Large color photograph of Jacob L. Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri

Artist Wolfgang Volz (German, born 1948)
Date1978
MediumPhotograph
DimensionsOverall: 39 × 28 inches (99.06 × 71.12 cm)
Credit LineGift of The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation
Object number2024.68.42
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Gallery Location
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DescriptionVertically-oriented photograph of pathways in a park covered in saffron-colored fabric surrounded by grass and trees. Two people walk along the path in distance toward the viewer.Exhibition History
Gallery Label

Wolfgang Volz, a longtime collaborator and the exclusive photographer of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work, captured the community involvement critical to Christo’s practice and the success of his projects. The installation of Wrapped Walk Ways in Loose Park began on October 2 and was completed October 4, 1978. A local contractor, A. L. Huber & Son, employed 84 people to work under Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s direction. Their work included hand stitching the seams of 15,000 rolls of fabric and securing it with 34,500 steel spikes and 60,000 staples.


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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Copyright© The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation / The Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York
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