Christo developed an interest in learning how exhilarating group efforts can be and how to gauge dimension of art works on a landscape-sized scale. His studies continued in Prague under the avant-garde Czech theatrical director Emil Burian, who introduced him to modern art. Further education was spent in Vienna, Geneva, and Paris where he began wrapping his assemblages in resin-steeped cloth.

By the early 1960s, Christo was wrapping larger inanimate objects as well as live women in layers of semitransparent plastic. His work took on a monumental size after moving to the United States. Valley Curtain at Rifle Gap in Colorado, Running Fence in Sonoma and Marin counties, California, Wrapped Walkways in Kansas City, Missouri, and Surrounded Islands in the midst of Miami's Biscayne Bay are a few of the his earlier works.

Born in Bulgaria on June 13, 1935, he was christened Christo Vladimirov Javacheff. As a teenager, Christo's parents encouraged him to enroll in the Sofia Fine Arts Academy which offered a broad range of fine art curriculum including: painting, sculpture, architecture, and stage design.

Special Information: Offset lithograph, unsigned.

Paper Dimensions: 36 x 24 inches

Image Dimensions: 36 x 24 inches