Christo - "The Umbrellas" 1991 - Sold

Exclusive work by Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935-2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935-2009).
Title: "The Umbrellas" 1991.
Technique: Photo offset printing on quality photo paper (photo by Wolfgang Volz).
Originally hand-signed by both artists.
Limited editions: Photographs for the project in a particularly low edition.
Excellent condition: original condition unchanged, no defects. Has never been framed.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's "The Umbrellas" is a temporary Japanese-American work of art that highlights the similarities and differences in lifestyles and land use in the two inland valleys. From October 9, 1991, Christo and Jeanne-Claude's "The Umbrellas" was shown for a period of 18 days. Visitors to the installation could approach the huge umbrellas by car or on foot. Dismantling began on October 27 and the land was returned to its original appearance. The umbrellas were taken apart and recycled in their individual parts. "The Umbrellas" as free-standing dynamic units reflected the characteristics of the land in the two valleys and created an inviting interior, like houses without walls - like a microcosm in the landscape. In the precious, limited space available in Japan, the umbrellas were placed close together, partly following the geometry of the rice fields. In California's vast uncultivated grasslands, the distribution of umbrellas was more haphazard, extending in all directions. A total of 500,000 visitors saw “The Umbrellas” in Japan. In the USA, Christo and Jeanne-Claude attracted a total of over two million people to their installation. The beauty and imposing nature of the work was fleeting, but in the studies, drawings, photographs and models for “The Umbrellas” a part of the work of art remains.