Christo und Jeanne-Claude
1935 - 2020
Show Window. 2013.
Mixed media. Lacquered wooden frame with fabric.
Signed and numbered by the artist on a label on the reverse, along with a typographic title, date, and edition details. 61 x 91.5 x 7.4 cm (24 x 36 x 2.9 in).
Produced and published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York. [KA].

• Christo par excellence: wrapping, spatial effect, and bold colors.
• With “Show Window,” Christo translates central motifs of his large-scale wrapping projects into an intimate, object-like format.
• In the year of its creation, Christo realized the monumental installation “Big Air Package” in the Oberhausen Gasometer.

PROVENANCE: Edition Schellmann, Munich.
Private collection, Southern Germany.

LITERATURE: Jörg Schellmann, Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Prints and Objects, Berlin 2021, CR no. 206, illustrated (different copy).

"All interpretations of our works are legitimate, but there is no purpose other than to create something beautiful. Jeanne-Claude would always say, 'we only do works of joy and beauty'."
Christo, 2013, quoted from: Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Prints and Objects, Berlin 2021, Cover.

In good condition. The frame has a few tiny scuffs in places, as well as minor, tiny studio-related plastic residue. The glass has very few tiny studio-related paint residues
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