The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York from the portfolio (Some) Not Realized Projects
Christo
American, born Bulgaria. 1935–2020
(April 9 and July 19, 1971)
A lithograph with photograph collage by Christo that sketches and documents a proposal to wrap the rear of the Museum of Modern Art, imagining the building transformed into a draped, fabric-covered volume.
A dense web of agitated graphite strokes turns façades into dripping, textured masses, while a small street map and a black-and-white documentary photo pasted along the bottom anchor the imagined intervention to a specific urban site.
One of Christo’s planning sheets for his large-scale, temporary “wrapping” projects, this work both records an ephemeral proposal and helped broaden how artists could alter and reframe familiar public architecture.
Medium
Lithograph, with photograph collage
Classification
Department
Credit
Larry Aldrich Fund and Walter Bareiss Fund
Accession
628.1971.2
Palette
Exhibitions
