Artwork Description
Christo and – Wrapped Trees, Project for the Avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris
Dimensions: 31.125 x 33.25″ framed / 27.5 x 29.5″
Year: 1992
Medium: collage of transparent polyethylene, thread, staples, photograph, map, masking tape and grease pencil on lithograph
Wrapped Trees, Project for the Avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris is an unrealized 1969–1992 public art concept by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The project aimed to wrap approximately 330 to 380 trees along the iconic avenue in fabric and rope. Though never executed on the Champs-Élysées, it exists as detailed sketches, collages, and lithographs