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5,600 Cubicmeter Package, documenta IV, Kassel, 1967-68
5,600 Cubicmeter Package, documenta IV, Kassel, 1967-68
Christo, 5.600-Kubikmeter-Paket, documenta IV, Kassel, 1967–68, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn; Foto: Kunstpalast - Henning Krause

5,600 Cubicmeter Package, documenta IV, Kassel, 1967-68, 1968

ArtistChristo, Gabrovo 1935–2020 New York
MediumOffset lithograph on paper
Image dimensions58 × 45,3 cm
Sheet dimensions70 × 48,3 cm
Status
on display, room Das fünfte Element. Werke aus der Sammlung Kemp
About the workThis print documents a project realised in Kassel's Auepark by the artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who were living in New York at the time. In 1968, on the occasion of the major exhibition documenta 4, they let an approximately 85-metre-long column of air-filled plastic foil ascend into the sky. Its shape resulted from the interplay of air pressure, gravity, buoyancy, weather and material properties. The artwork combined technology and nature by reacting to its surroundings while also forming the perception of the location. In the process, air itself became an artistic medium.
AccessionKemp Collection Foundation
ProvenanceMai 1972 Willi Kemp (Köln 1927 - 2020 Düsseldorf) erworben von der Giffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg; 2016 Stiftung Sammlung Kemp im Kunstpalast erworben durch Schenkung Willi Kemp

Inventory numberKemp 894
Contact
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