Wrapped Statues (Sleeping Fawn) Project for the Glyptothek, Munich. 1999.
Collage. Graphite, wax crayon, enamel paint, polyethylene and string on brown cardboard.
Signed and dated at lower right and titled along the upper edge of the image. 81.3 x 58.3 cm (32 x 22.9 in).
Prototype for the edition of the same name published in 2001 (cf. Schellmann WVZ no. 183). The plans for the Munich Glyptothek were not realized, as was the case with many of the wrappings of sculptures and monuments conceived by Christo and Jeanne-Claude over the decades. [AR].

• Prototype for a project planned for the Munich Glyptothek: the sensual Barberini faun wrapped in semi-transparent foil.
• A lasting testimony to the artistic creative process.
• The collages were initially used to finance new projects. Today, there is still significant demand for them on the international auction market.
• Christo and Jeanne-Claude revolutionized the concept of art and left behind an oeuvre of great diversity and extraordinary inventiveness.

We are grateful to Mr. Matthias Koddenberg, Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation, New York, for his kind support in cataloging this work. It is registered with the archive.

PROVENANCE: Edition Schellmann, Munich.
German private collection.