169. Leonardo's wrapped monument
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169. Leonardo's wrapped monument
колотипия, 68 x 47 cm, 68 × 47 cm, signed bottom right, in pencil, "Christo"; numbered bottom left, in pencil, "55/99"
Research information
The work documents Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 1971 project, "The Wrapped Monument to Leonardo." The project depicts the Leonardo da Vinci monument in Milan wrapped in cloth and tied with ropes.
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