id:			159526
accession number:	1996.29
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.29
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:26.164000

Wrapped Chair, 1961. Christo (American, 1935–2020). Wood, fabric, lacquer paint, and ropes; overall: 90 x 42.5 x 44 cm (35 7/16 x 16 3/4 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro 1996.29 © Christo

title:				Wrapped Chair
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creation date:			1961
creation date earliest:		1961
creation date latest:		1961
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creditline:			Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro
copyright:			© Christo

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	wood, fabric, lacquer paint, and ropes
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Christo (American, 1935–2020)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 90 x 42.5 x 44 cm (35 7/16 x 16 3/4 x 17 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works, 1958-69
	opening date:   2001-09-08T00:00:00
	<i>Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works, 1958-69</i>. Martin Gropius Bau (September 8-December 30, 2001).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Martin Gropius Bau Museum, Berlin; September 8-December 30, 2001.  "Christo and Jeanne-Claude:  Early Works, 1958-69," exh. cat. no. 73, p. 59.

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PROVENANCE

	Jeanne-Claude Christo, New York.
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This sculpture is one of the earliest examples of Christo's signature style. His technique first incorporated the wrapping of everyday objects, including cans and bottles, stacks of magazines, furniture, and even an automobile, but led to the wrapping of public buildings and entire outdoor parks. This work uses a chair from the Paris apartment of Christo and his wife and partner, Jeanne-Claude. The use of drapery and concealment adds a layer of mystery to the chair's otherwise straightforward meaning. Christo was among a group of artists in France in the late 1950s who rebelled against the previous generation's fascination with abstraction. These nouveaux réalistes (new realists) chose to use real objects, rather than try to represent the items using other media. They preferred an art that was physical and tangible. Christo took this art one step further by "cloaking" reality, transforming and abstracting it.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Art Museum Acquires Three Works of Art by Christo<em> Christo &amp; Jeanne-Claude to Give Lecture at CMA</em>,” April 24, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4038

	Donley, Gregory, M., "Hide and Seek", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 46 no. 05, May/June 2006
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 14
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2006-05/page/14

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