Art
Wrapped Coast, Print Signed by Christo
- Item Number
- 64
- Estimated Value
- 600 USD
- Opening Bid
- 150 USD
Item Description
A 2012 Auction Estimate prepared by Christie's catalogued this item as:
Christo Wrapped Coast: Little Bay, Australia
Offset lithograph in colors, 1969
Hand Signed in blue inks. 25 ½ x 39 in.
photo by: Harry Shunk ©1969 Christo and Jeanne-Claude $400-600
Little Bay, property of Prince Henry Hospital, is located 14.5 kilometers (9 miles), southeast of the center of Sydney. The cliff-lined shore area that was wrapped is approximately 2.4 kilometers (1.5 miles) long, 46 to 244 meters (150 to 800 feet) wide, 26 meters (85 feet) high at the northern cliffs, and was at sea level at the southern sandy beach. One million square feet of erosion control fabric (synthetic woven fiber usually manufactured for agricultural purposes), were used for the wrapping. 56.3 kilometers (35 miles) of polypropylene rope, 3.8 centimeter diameter (1.5"), tied the fabric to the rocks. Ramset guns fired 25,000 charges of fasteners, threaded studs and clips to secure the rope to the rocks. Mr. Ninian Melville, a retired major in the Army Corps of Engineers, was in charge of the workers at the site. 17,000 manpower hours, over a period of four weeks, were expended by 15 professional mountain climbers, 110 laborers, architecture and art students from the University of Sydney and East Sydney Technical College, as well as a number of Australian artists and teachers. The project was financed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude through the sale of Christo's original preparatory drawings and collages. The coast remained wrapped for a period of 7 weeks from October 28, 1969. Then all materials were removed and the site returned to its original condition. Christo's hand signed signature is in lower right of this print Hand-signed prints are available from the not-for-profit, Nurture New York's Nature (associated with the Carriage House Center for Global Issues Foundation). Wrapped Coast (Photo, 1969)
Item Special Note
The print is not framed
Donated By:
Sal Perry & Karla Rothstein
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