Five Urban Projects, 1985
Portfolio with five collage prints:
1 Wrapped Trees, Project for the Avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris
2 Mein Kölner Dom, Wrapped, Project for Cologne
3 Lower Manhattan Wrapped Building, Project for New York
4 Curtains for La Rotonda, Project for Milan
5 Ponte S. Angelo, Wrapped, Project for Rome.
Photographs mounted on Arches 270g rag paper, with collotype, silkscreen and collage of fabric, polyethylene, twine and masking tape; pencil and felt marker additions. Prints 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in). Edition: 100 + 20 A.P. + XX A.P. + 5 P.P., each signed and numbered.
Christo was always particularly interested in public spaces, nature, streets, and buildings. Due to the complex difficulties in obtaining permits for his plans, many projects were never realized or only decades later. When we asked Christo for a portfolio of urban projects, he put together some unrealized projects. The prints show an unusual, fascinating view of urban landscapes that, perhaps with the exception of Milan, are part of our collective visual repertoire.
