Wrapped Newspaper
Bequest of Leo Steinberg, 2011
Catalogue
- Year
- 1980
- Dimensions
- Irregular: 12 x 14 1/2 in. x 1.7 lb (30.5 x 36.8 cm x 0.8 kg)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Christo
Artist
Printmaking
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος. The constituent parts are Χριστός (Christós), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (phérein), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer".
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Package on Radio Flyer Wagon, Project
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Ericsson Display Monitor Unit 3111, Wrapped, Project for Personal Computer
1985 · Color lithograph, with collage of transparent polyethylene, twine, staples, glue, and color photograph, on white wove paper, tipped onto white board
Wrapped Automobile, Project for Volvo 122 S Sport Sedan
1984 · Color lithograph, with collage of fabric and twine, on white wove paper, tipped onto white board
Package on Carozza, Project for A. Berlingieri, Taranto, South Italy
1984 · Lithograph in black, with collage of fabric and thread, on white wove paper, tipped onto white board
Running Fence
1976 · Collage of parachute fabric stapled to cut wove card, with cut and pasted photocopies, on white wove paper, and pastel, crayons, and charcoal, on wood pulp laminate board
Texas Mastaba, Project for 500,000 Stacked Oil Drums from America: The Third Century
1976 · Lithograph and screenprint with collage additions from a portfolio of five lithograph and screenprints, three collotypes, three screenprints, and two lithographs
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- met
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