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Monday, June 01, 2020

'CHRISTO'

Artist Christo dies at 84

Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935–2020)

Christo Javacheff ©️ REUTERS


In later life Christo insisted that the art world acknowledge the part his muse and business partner, Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), played in the work of wrapping of things from objects to valleys and buildings so that they were largely known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude. I always admired him and saw a show of his drawings once that blew me away. The bigger work (eg wrapping of the Reichstag, Running Fence) I only ever witnessed through photos but admired them immensely. 




Christo with Wrapping of The Reichstag drawing/photo










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