Artist Monograph

Christo, American

American, born Bulgaria. 1935–2020

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	14	37.8%
Photography	6	16.2%
Drawing	5	13.5%
Sculpture	4	10.8%
Screenprint	2	5.4%
Other Media	2	5.4%
Oil Painting	1	2.7%
Gouache	1	2.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	31	83.8%
Painting & Sculpture	5	13.5%
Architecture & Design	1	2.7%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 18
Drawing — 8
Sculpture — 4
Multiple — 3
Painting — 1
Illustrated Book — 1
Design — 1
Periodical — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	15.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	24	75%
Large (1–3 m)	3	9.4%

Range: 14.9 cm → 160.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1968	4
1969	1
1970	1
1971	6
1976	2
1977	1
1981	1
1984	1
1985	1
1986	3
1987	1
1989	4
1995	1
1997	1
2005	2
2007	1
2008	2
2018	3
2022	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 408" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 37 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Package 1961 Sculpture Acc. 168.1995	1961	Fabrics and ropes on wood	33 x 52 x 8" (83.8 x 132.1 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Christo and Jeanne-Claude in honor of Agnes Gund
dé-coll/age, no. 3 Periodical Acc. 3960.2008	1962	Periodical, offset printed	overall (closed): 10 5/8 × 8 5/8 × 7/16" (27 × 21.9 × 1.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Package on Wheelbarrow Sculpture Acc. 867.1968	1963	Cloth, metal, wood, rope, and twine	35 1/8 x 59 1/2 x 20 1/4" (89.1 x 151 x 51.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 42.18 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Store Front Project Painting Acc. 283.1986	1964	Wood, plexiglass, paper, fabric, pencil, charcoal, enamel paint, wire mesh, and electric light	48 1/8 x 63 x 4" (122.2 x 160 x 10.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund
Look Magazine Empaqueté Multiple Acc. 543.1997	1965/1966	Multiple of Look magazine over foam, wrapped in polyethylene and cord, on wood support	composition (irreg., without wooden support): 13 3/8 x 9 13/16 x 1 7/8" (34 x 25 x 4.7 cm); overall (with wooden support): 22 1/16 x 17 15/16 x 3 1/4" (56 x 45.6 x 8.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Lee and Ann Fensterstock Fund
Package Multiple Acc. 2882.2008	1965	Plastic-wrapped plastic artificial flower with string, staples, and offset label	overall (approx.): 16 9/16 x 5 5/16 x 2 3/16" (42 x 13.5 x 5.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Store Front from S.M.S. No. 1 Print Acc. 460.1977.1c	1966-67, published 1968	Offset lithograph with Mylar collage additions	folded sheet 10 3/4 x 6 3/4" (27.4 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
Temporary Volume – Package – For Minneapolis School of Art Sculpture Acc. 389.1970	October 24-28, 1966	Stuffed plastic sheet wrapped with twine, plastic figure, and paint and pencil on board on wood base	11 7/8 x 27 x 27 3/4" (30.1 x 68.5 x 70.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 5.90 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Armand P. Bartos
Project for Rideau de Fer Prospect Park, Brooklyn Drawing Acc. 1397.2018	1967	Crayon and pencil on transparentized paper	12 × 17 7/8" (30.5 × 45.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
"The Museum of Modern Art Packed Project" Drawing Acc. 869.1968	1968	Oil on cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints (by Ferdinand Boesch) on board with pencil, colored pencil, cut-and-pasted transparentized paper, and pressure-sensitive tape on board	21 3/4 x 15 1/2" (55.2 x 39.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of D. and J. de Menil
441 Barrels Structure – "The Wall" (Project for 53rd between 5th and 6th Avenues) Drawing Acc. 1652.1968	1968	Gelatin silver print, synthetic polymer paint, and pencil on board	22 1/8 x 28" (56 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Louise Ferrari
Packed Tower – Spoleto (Proposals & Projects) from Artists & Photographs Print Acc. 261.1984.2.a-j	1968, published 1970	Box, offset printed, containing nine offset lithographs, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects	sheet (each): 10 × 7 7/8" (25.4 × 20 cm); overall (box): 10 3/8 × 8 3/8 × 11/16" (26.4 × 21.2 × 1.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kynaston McShine
Packed Tower – Spoleto (Proposals & Projects) from Artists & Photographs Print Acc. 1103.2007.2	1968, published 1970	Offset lithographs in a cardboard box from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects	composition: 10 x 7 7/8" (25.4 x 20 cm); sheet: 10 x 7 7/8" (25.4 x 20 cm); overall (box): 10 7/16 x 8 3/8 x 11/16" (26.5 x 21.2 x 1.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Packed Tower, Spoleto, Italy from Artists & Photographs Print Acc. 525.2022.2	1968, published 1970	Box, offset printed, containing nine offset lithographs, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects	sheet (each): 10 × 7 7/8" (25.4 × 20 cm); overall (box): 10 3/8 × 8 3/8 × 11/16" (26.4 × 21.2 × 1.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Packed Tree (Project) Drawing Acc. 870.1968	1968	Cut-and-pasted-and-stapled cardboard, polyethylene , cloth, twine, pencil, charcoal, colored pencil, and wash on board	22 1/8 x 28 x 1/2" (56.1 x 71.1 x 1.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Museum of Modern Art Packaged Sculpture Acc. 868.1968	1968	Scale model: painted wood, cloth, twine, and polyethylene	16 x 48 1/8 x 24 1/8" (40.3 x 122 x 61 cm) including base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of D. and J. de Menil
Wrapped Roses Multiple Acc. 923.2005	1968	Multiple of plastic roses, polyethylene, and plastic string	overall: 2 3/8 x 23 1/2 x 5 1/4" (6 x 59.7 x 13.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Carol and Morton H. Rapp Fund
"Museum of Contemporary Art/ 237 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611/ Title Christo: Wrap in Wrap put/ Date Design Acc. 436.1976	1969	Lithograph	32 1/2 x 22 1/4" (77.5 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Closed Highway Drawing Acc. 1398.2018	1969	Pencil on paper	10 5/8 × 24 3/4" (27 × 62.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
(Some) Not Realized Projects Print Acc. 628.1971.1-5	1971	Portfolio of five lithographs, two with collage	composition (each approx.): 27 15/16 x 21 15/16" (71 x 55.7 cm); sheet (each approx.): 27 15/16 x 21 15/16" (71 x 55.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund and Walter Bareiss Fund
Allied Chemical Tower, Packed, Project for Number 1, Times Square, New York from the portfolio (Some) Not Realized Projects Print Acc. 628.1971.4	(April 9 and August 31, 1971)	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund and Walter Bareiss Fund
Allied Chemical Tower, Packed, Project for Number 1, Times Square, New York from the portfolio (Some) Not Realized Projects, Print Acc. 628.1971.5	(April 9 and August 10, 1971)	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund and Walter Bareiss Fund
The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Front), Project for New York from the portfolio (Some) Not Realized Projects Print Acc. 628.1971.3	April 9 and September 27, 1971	Lithograph	sheet: 28 1/16 x 21 15/16" (71.2 x 55.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund and Walter Bareiss Fund
The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York from the portfolio (Some) Not Realized Projects Print Acc. 628.1971.2	(April 9 and July 19, 1971)	Lithograph, with photograph collage	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund and Walter Bareiss Fund
The Whitney Museum, New York, Packed from the portfolio (Some) Not Realized Projects Print Acc. 628.1971.1	(February 22, 1971)	Lithograph and raw linen, with string, polyurethane, thread and staple additions	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund and Walter Bareiss Fund
Wrapped Floor and Closed Windows (Project for Haus Lange Museum, Krefeld) Drawing Acc. 866.1983	1971	Pencil and oil with fabric stapled to board	28 x 22 1/8" (71.2 x 56.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Wrapped Sylvette, Project for Washington Square Village, New York from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.27	1972, published 1973	Lithograph and screenprint with collage additions from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 25 1/16 x 19 5/8" (63.6 x 49.9cm); sheet: 25 9/16 x 19 5/8" (65 x 49.9cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)
Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Piazza del Duomo, Milan, 1970 from The New Realists (Les Nouveaux réalistes) Print Acc. 291.1989.3	1973	Photolithograph	composition: 11 13/16 × 16 9/16" (30 × 42.1 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 × 19 5/8" (49 × 49.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Thayer Bequest
Running Fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California) Drawing Acc. 800.2017	1974	Pencil, charcoal, crayon, acrylic, ballpoint pen, pressure-sensitive tape, staples, cut-and-pasted printed papers, board, and fabric on board	22 × 28" (55.9 × 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lynn Hershman Leeson
Texas Mastaba, Project for 500,000 Stacked Oil Drums from America: The Third Century Print Acc. 502.1976.3	1976	Lithograph and screenprint with collage additions from a portfolio of five lithograph and screenprints, three collotypes, three screenprints, and two lithographs	composition and sheet: 29 7/8 x 22 3/8" (75.9 x 56.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Mobil Oil Corporation
Several Projects (Fence) from The Archives: Art Information Centre Peter Van Beveren Illustrated Book Acc. 414.1981.9	1981	Offset lithograph from an artist's book, offset printed with collage, stamp, gouache, pencil, and ink additions	composition: 3 15/16 × 5 7/8" (10 × 14.9 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 8 1/4" (29 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John R. Jakobson Foundation Fund
Wrapped Floors Print Acc. 249.1989	1983	Lithograph with wrapping paper, painted cloth and staple additions	Composition: 22 5/16 x 28 1/4" (56.6 x 71.7 cm) Sheet: 22 1/16 x 28 1/4" (56 x 71.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York
Curtains for La Rotunda, Project for Milan from the portfolio Five Urban Projects Print Acc. 250.1989	(1985)	Collotype and screenprint, printed in black with photograph, masking tape and cloth, and pencil additions	Composition: 14 x 11" (35.5 x 28 cm) Sheet: 13 3/4 x 11" (35 x 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York
Ericsson Display Monitor Unit 311 Wrapped, Project for Personal Computer Print Acc. 303.1986	1985	Lithograph with collage	composition 27 15/16 x 22 9/16" (71 x 57.3 cm) sheet 27 15/16 x 22 9/16" (71 x 57.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ericsson
Lower Manhattan Wrapped Building, Project for New York from the portfolio Five Urban Projects Print Acc. 251.1989	1985	Collotype and screenprint with photograph, cloth and twine, and pencil additions	Composition: 14 x 11" (35.6 x 28 cm) Sheet: 13 3/4 x 11" (35 x 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York
Wrapped Telephone, Project for L.M. Ericsson Model Print Acc. 304.1986	1985	Lithograph with collage	composition 27 15/16 x 22 1/16" (71 x 56 cm) sheet 27 15/16 x 22 1/16" (71 x 56 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ericsson
Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado Drawing Acc. 1424.2005.a-b	1996	a: Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver print with crayon on board; b: Cut-and-pasted fabric with crayon, colored pencil, and pencil on board	a: 12 1/8 x 30 1/2" (30.8 x 77.5 cm) b: 26 1/4 x 30 1/2" (66.7 x 77.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift