| Wrapped Floor, Wrapped Stairs, Covered Windows and Wrapped Walk Ways |
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| Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, 1971 |
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Christo
Wrapped Floors
(Project for Haus Lange Museum - Krefeld)
Collage 1971
28 x 22" (71 x 56 cm)
Photo: Eeva Inkeri
© 1971 Christo |
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Christo
Wrapped Walk Ways
(Project for Museum's Haus Lange - Krefeld Garden)
Collage 1971
28 x 22" (71 x 56 cm)
Photo: Kaiser Wilhelm Museum
© 1971 Christo |
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Floor and Covered Windows, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, 1971
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1971 Christo |
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Floor and Covered Windows, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, 1971
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1971 Christo |
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Floor and Covered Windows, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, 1971
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1971 Christo |
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Stairs, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, 1971
Photo: Harry Shunk
© 1971 Christo |
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Stairs, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, 1971
Photo: Harry Shunk
© 1971 Christo |
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Covered Windows, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, 1971
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1971 Christo |
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Walk Ways, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, 1971
Photo: Harry Shunk
© 1971 Christo |
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Walk Ways, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, 1971
Photo: Harry Shunk
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The architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the Haus Lange in Krefeld, Germany as a private home, combining the indoor with the outdoor. Large "picture windows" allow the light and the natural landscape to enter the rooms. The building later became a museum.
For the Wrapped Floor, Wrapped Stairs, Covered Windows and Wrapped Walk Ways, Christo and Jeanne-Claude placed brown wrapping paper on the inside part of the glass of all the windows, creating a diffused honey-colored light throughout the interior. The artists covered the floor and stairs with folds of house painters' cotton fabric drop cloths. At the same time, the artists covered the walkways in the garden of the museum.
The installation was completed on May 9, 1971, and remained in place until June 27, 1971. |
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