Lot 31
Christo
Lower Manhattan Packed Buildings (Project 1)
( 2 Broadway and 20 Exchange Place)
1964-1966
lithograph
value $2,400-$2,600
27 1/2 x 21 3/8" ed. 38 of 100
Tina Petra and Ken Wong

For four decades, Christo and his wife and collaborator, Jeanne-Claude, have created some of the most audacious and striking public artworks throughout the world. Born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff in Gabrova, Bulgaria, and now based in New York, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, have gone on to become among the world’s most renowned artists. Their temporary large-scale environmental works (both urban and rural) have elements of painting, sculpture, architecture, and urban planning. This summer, Christo and Jeanne-Claude had a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, entitled “Urban Art by Christo and Jeanne-Claude.”