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Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele. Project for Piazza del Duomo, Milan

Collage
1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Christo, Vladimirov Javacheff (artist)
Place of origin
Milan (made)

Painting showing a square in Milan in which stands a 'monument' which is three-dimensional and wrapped in fabric and twine. Below the image is a street plan showing the location of the square. The work is housed in a plastic frame.


Object details

Category
Collages
Object type
Collage
TitleWrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele. Project for Piazza del Duomo, Milan (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mixed media collage using pastels, charcoal, pencil, wash, fabric and twine
Fabric
Wash
Twine
Pastel
Charcoal
Pencil
Collage
Painting
Drawing
Brief description
Collage entitled 'Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Project for Piazza del Duomo, Milan', by Christo (Christo and Jeanne-Claude), 1970.
Physical description
Painting showing a square in Milan in which stands a 'monument' which is three-dimensional and wrapped in fabric and twine. Below the image is a street plan showing the location of the square. The work is housed in a plastic frame.
Dimensions
  • Including frame height: 71.5cm
  • Including frame width: 56.5cm
  • Including frame depth: 4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • WRAPPED MONUMENT TO VITTORIO EMMANUELE / PROJECT FOR PIAZZA DEL Duomo, Milano / Christo, 1970 (Top of piece on one line ('/' are vertical lines within the text). Christo is written as signature)
  • SECURING THE FABRIC WITH WOODEN CONSTRUCTION (to left of map, below image)
Gallery label
Christo is known for ambitious temporary installations which involve wrapping buildings and landscape features, or swathing them in fabric. Each project is worked out, publicised and funded through designs, sketches and collages such as this. A street plan of Milan is included here to show the site and scale of the work.(2007)
Subjects depicted
Monument
Buildings
Map
Place depicted
Milan
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.4-1979

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Record createdNovember 19, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O140694/wrapped-monument-to-vittorio-emanuele-collage-christo-vladimirov-javacheff/
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