Lot: 5

Christo und Jeanne-Claude
'Wrapped Chair (Project)' from THONET 200 Project, 1963/2019

26.5 × 18.0 cm.
Digital pigment print and screen print on Hahnemühle 300g Photo Rag Ultra Smooth laid paper.
Titled on top: Wrapped Chair (Project), hand-signed: Christo and numbered: 33/33 (pencil). Copy 33 of 33 copies.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the Thonet furniture company, Jörg Schellmann invited 19 artists to explore the myth of Thonet, its typical design language, its fascination and its impact right up to the present day. Among the works that Schellman published for the project is Christo's graphic 'Wrapped Chair' in memory of Christo's time in Vienna in 1957, when Thonet chairs were an everyday inventory item.

“Whenever I was in New York, a visit to Christo and Jeanne-Claude was one of my highlights. Later, Joséphine and I published their first catalog raisonné and I worked with them on numerous projects - from Wrapped Coast, Little Bay, Australia, 1969 in 1975 to Wrapped Payphone, 1988 to Show Window, 2013 and Wrapped Chair, Project, 1963 in 2019. When they died in 2009 and 2020 respectively, I lost two wonderful friends.”

Reserve price: 4,200 €