Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Postcard Set

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Celebrate the unique oeuvre of Christo and Jeanne-Claude with this set of 25 postcards, featuring artworks and photographs of their iconic projects of the last 60 years, as well as drawings and collages of their project L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, 1961-2021.

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude began their collaboration in 1961, and lived in New York City since 1964. Jeanne-Claude died in 2009; Christo died in 2020. Their large-scale projects include Wrapped Coast, Australia, 196869; Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 197072; Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 197276; Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Florida, 198083; The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris, 197585; The Umbrellas, JapanUSA, 198491; Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 197195; Wrapped Trees, Riehen, Switzerland, 199798; The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 19792005; The Floating Piers, Lake Iseo, Italy, 201416, The London Mastaba, Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, 201618, and L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, 19612021. Wolfgang Volz has worked with Christo and Jeanne-Claude as the exclusive photographer of their works since 1971. He was also project director (with Roland Specker) for Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 197195 and (with Josy Kraft) for Wrapped Trees, Riehen, Switzerland, 199798, and was in charge of The Wall 13,000 Oil Barrels, Gasometer Oberhausen, Germany, 199899 and Big Air Package, Gasometer Oberhausen, Germany, 201013. His close collaboration has resulted in many books and more than 300 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.