Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Surrounded Islands

Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida
1980-83

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- In 1983, eleven of the islands situated in Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, were surrounded with 6.5 million square feet (603,870 square meters) of floating pink woven polypropylene fabric covering the surface of the water and extending out from each island into the bay.

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Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 — Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1983 Christo

Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 — Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1983 Christo

Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 — Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1983 Christo

Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 — Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1983 Christo

Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 — Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1983 Christo

Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 — Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1983 Christo

Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 — Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1983 Christo

Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 — Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1983 Christo

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