Wrapped Reichstag. Project for Berlin. [ Print, with original fabric sample, framed ] - Auteur: CHRISTO - Année d'édition: 1994 |
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Wrapped Reichstag. Project for Berlin. [ Print, with original fabric sample, framed ]
1 estampe (format 40 x 30 cm) avec échantillon de tissu sous encadrement vitré, format 34 x 44 cm (taille du cadre), Schumacher Editions Fils, Düsseldorf, 1994
Commentaire : Bel exemplaire bien encadré. As explained by the artist, 'after a struggle spanning the seventies, eighties and nineties, the wrapping of the Reichstag was completed on June 24, 1995 by a work force of 90 professional climbers and 120 installation workers. The Reichstag remained wrapped for 14 days and all materials were recycled.100,000 square meters (1,076,390 square feet) of thick woven polypropylene fabric with an aluminum surface and 15,6 kilometers (9.7 miles) of blue polypropylene rope, diameter 3.2 cm (1.26 inch), were used for the wrapping of the Reichstag. The façades, the towers and the roof were covered by 70 tailor-made fabric panels, twice as much fabric as the surface of the building.The work of art was entirely financed by the artists, as have all their projects, through the sale of preparatory studies, drawings, collages, scale models as well as early works and original lithographs'.