Description: Christo and Jeanne-ClaudeThe MCA Wrapped 1969 Poster Exactly 47 years have passed since Christo's exhibition Wrap In Wrap Out took place at the MCA’s original location, 237 East Ontario Street. Working with MCA staff and a team of students, Christo wrapped the exterior of the building with 10,000 square feet of water- and fire-resistant brown canvas and the MCA sign in "milky" polyethylene.1 This exterior wrap, titled Wrapped Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1968–69, extended into the museum with a companion piece, Wrapped Floor and Stairway, for which Christo draped the walls and floor with 2,800 square feet of natural-colored canvas. Just inside the doors, Christo also placed a tree wrapped in polyethylene. The project became the first public building Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, wrapped in the United States. Like many pop artists of the era, Christo found inspiration in everyday objects and materials, but instead of transforming them into something else (like turning a Campbell’s Soup can into a painting), Christo took an object and wrapped it—mummified it—thwarting its intended use. As the press release for the exhibition announced: “With the whole idea of a modern museum and its usefulness somewhat up for grabs, Christo succeeds in parodying all the usual associations with a museum: a mausoleum, a repository for precious contents, as desire to wrap up all of art history.’ The 14,000 visitors intrigued enough to venture into the galleries seemed to enjoy the exhibition though. “Since Christo wrapped us up, young people have been coming in and sitting down to talk, as if the museum were a park” reported museum Public Relations Director Karin Rosenberg. “Some people have even said they thought it was very sexy. Just the other day we found a couple dallying under the stairway.”6 One local critic, Robert Glauber, called the wrap “a gut-hitting event that intrigued the imagination and gratified the senses. It was aimed directly at an emotional response and achieved it.” This limited-edition poster commemorates Christo's exhibition Wrap In Wrap Out, which took place at the MCA’s original location on 237 East Ontario Street. The project became the first public building Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, wrapped in the United States. This unsigned version of The MCA Wrapped 1969 is an edition of 300. 22.5 x 30 inchesFour-color offset printing, on 110 lb. Crane Lettra Cover stock, with a gold foil stamp. Shipping includes Insurance and Delivery ConfirmationPlease inquire with us about combined shipping options, as well as, import tax and fees breakdowns.Global Shipping Program is our preferred international method, however, if you would like to discuss other international options, we encourage you to reach out to our gallery associates.
Price: 1500 USD
Location: Houston, Texas
End Time: 2025-01-05T21:57:04.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: Christo
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Color: White
Date of Creation: 1950-1969
Material: Lithograph
Original/Licensed Reprint: Limited Edition Print
Subject: Architecture
Print Surface: Paper
Type: Print
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Style: Contemporary Art
Features: Limited Edition
