WRAPPED MONUMENT TO LEONARDO; B; Ed. 692/999
Artist: Christo
Date: 1970
Category: Print
Medium: Color lithography/collotype from a photograph by Shunk & Kender
Item #: 430.11.PR
In Collection: Distinguished Artist Collection
The monument to Leonardo da Vinci, on Piazza della Scala, was wrapped with polypropylene fabric and red polypropylene rope, in the fall of 1970, in Milan, Italy.
The fabric had been sewn beforehand according to patterns allowing ample folds. The monument to Leonardo da Vinci was situated in front of the XVIII-century La Scala Theater and the Milan City Hall and remained wrapped for one week.
