Items Similar to "Wrapped Statues, Aegina Temple" Large screen print with collage.
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 12
Christo Javacheff "Wrapped Statues, Aegina Temple" Large screen print with collage.1988
1988
About the Item
This artwork titled "Wrapped Statues, Aegina Temple, Project for the Munich Glyptotek" from the "Official Arts Portfolio of the XXIV Olympic" 1988, is an original screen print with collage on Arches cover wove paper by renown Bulgarian/American artist Christo Javacheff, 1935-2020. It is hand signed and numbered CLXXXIII/CCC in pencil by the artist. Published by Lloyd Shin Fine Arts INC, Chicago, printed by Landfall Press, Chicago. Referenced and pictured in the artist's catalogue raisonne by Schellmann and Benecke, plate #135. The size is 35.10 x 27 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
About the artist:
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (Bulgarian: Христо Владимиров Явашев) was born on June 13, 1935, in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, as the second of three sons to Tzveta Dimitrova and Vladimir Javacheff, who worked at a textile manufacturer. Christo was shy and had a predilection for art. He received private art instruction at a young age through the support of his parents, who invited visiting artists to their house.
Christo was particularly affected by events from World War II and his country's fluid borders. During evacuations, he and his brothers stayed with a family in the rural hills outside town, where Christo connected with nature and handicraft.
Young Christo
While Bulgaria was under repressive totalitarian rule, and Western art was suppressed, Christo pursued realistic painting through the mid-1950s. He was admitted into the Sofia Academy of Fine Arts in 1953, but found the school dull and stifling. Instead, he found inspiration in Skira art books, and visiting Russian professors who had been active in Russian modernism and the Soviet avant-garde. On the weekends, academy students were sent to paint propaganda and Christo unhappily participated.
He found work as a location scout for the state cinema and served three tours of duty during summer breaks. In 1956, he used an academy connection to receive permission to visit family in Prague, where the theater of Emil František Burian reinvigorated him. Amid fears of further Russian suppression in Hungary, Christo decided to flee to Vienna as a railcar stowaway. He had little money after paying the bribe, did not speak the language, had deserted during his Bulgarian military service, and feared being trapped in a refugee camp.
In Vienna, he stayed with a family friend (who had not expected him), studied at the Vienna Fine Arts Academy, and surrendered his passport to seek political asylum as a stateless person. There, he supported himself with commissions and briefly visited Italy with the academy, whose program he was equally unhappy with. At the behest of a friend relocated from Sofia, he saved up to visit Geneva in late 1957. In violation of his visa, he continued to pursue commissions (whose works he would sign with his family name, reserving his given name for more serious work) and was transformed after visiting the Kunstmuseum Basel and Kunsthaus Zürich. In January 1958, he first began to wrap items, starting with a paint can. In February 1958, Christo left for Paris, having received a visa with the assistance of a Sofia academy connection.
In 1973, after 17 stateless years, Christo became a United States citizen. He died at his home in New York City on May 31, 2020, at 84. The work of Christo Javacheff is held in major private, corporate collections and museums worldwide.
- Creator:Christo Javacheff (1935 - 2020, Bulgarian)
- Creation Year:1988
- Dimensions:Height: 35.1 in (89.16 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)Depth: 0.01 in (0.26 mm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:
About the Seller
5.0
Platinum Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are 1stDibs' most experienced sellers and are rated highest by our customers.
Established in 1999
1stDibs seller since 2017
684 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: San Francisco, CA
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 7 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Allied Chemical Tower, Packed, Project for Number 1 Time Square New YorkLocated in San Francisco, CAThis artwork titled ' Allied Chemical Tower, Packed, Project for Number 1 Time Square, New York" 1971, in an original color lithograph on Arjomari paper by renown Bulgarian/American ...Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- City 368By Risaburo KimuraLocated in San Francisco, CAArtist: Risaburo Kimura– Japanese/American (1924-2014 ) Title: City 368 Year: circa 1972 Medium: Serigraph Sight size: 25 x 19.75 inches. Sheet size: 28.75 x 22.75 inches. Signatur...Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Screen
- City 358By Risaburo KimuraLocated in San Francisco, CAArtist: Risaburo Kimura– Japanese/American (1924-2014 ) Title: City 358 Year: circa 1972 Medium: Serigraph Sight size: 19.25 x 25.75 inches. Sheet size: 22.75 x 28.75 inches. Signa...Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Screen
- City 381By Risaburo KimuraLocated in San Francisco, CAArtist: Risaburo Kimura– Japanese/American (1924-2014 ) Title: City 381 Year: circa 1972 Medium: Serigraph Sight size: 19.25 x 25.5 inches. Sheet size: 22.75 x 28.75 inches. Signat...Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Screen
- City 365By Risaburo KimuraLocated in San Francisco, CAArtist: Risaburo Kimura– Japanese/American (1924-2014 ) Title: City 365 Year: circa 1972 Medium: Serigraph Sight size: 25 x 19.75 inches. Sheet size: 28.75 x 22.75 inches. Signatur...Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Screen
- Em Qualquer Canto (Anywhere) The complete portfolio of 13 engravingsLocated in San Francisco, CAThis portfolio titled "Em Qualquer Canto (Anywhere)" by Brazilian artist Marcio Perigo, b. 1949 is composed of 13 original engravings on German paper, all hand signed, numbered 4/20 ...Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsEngraving
You May Also Like
- 1970s Uc Berkeley Original Silkscreen "Up Against the War Motherland"Located in Arp, TX"Up Against the War Motherland" UC Berkeley Workshop April 26, 1970 Screenprint on computer paper 14.75"x22" unframed Unsigned Poster is printed on tracto...Category
1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Screen
- American Dream #2By Robert IndianaLocated in Miami, FLTECHNICAL INFORMATION: Robert Indiana American Dream #2 1982 Screenprint on 4 separate sheets 26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in. each sheet (77 1//2 x 77 1/2 in. overall) A.P. of 9/15 (Artist's Pr...Category
1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsScreen
- "Four Square", Serigraph from the American Dream Portfolio by Robert IndianaBy Robert IndianaLocated in Long Island City, NYArtist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: 4 Square from the American Dream Portfolio Year: 1963 (1997) Medium: Screenprint Edition Size: 395 (unnumbered) Image Size: 14 x...Category
1960s Pop Art More Prints
MaterialsScreen
- Picasso from The American Dream Portfolio, Screenprint by Robert IndianaBy Robert IndianaLocated in Long Island City, NYArtist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - ) Title: Picasso from The American Dream Portfolio Year: 1997 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 395 Image Size: 16.5 ...Category
1990s Pop Art More Prints
MaterialsScreen
- New Glory Banner, Serigraph from the American Dream Portfolio by Robert IndianaBy Robert IndianaLocated in Long Island City, NYArtist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: New Glory Banner from the American Dream Portfolio Year: 1963 (1997) Medium: Serigraph Edition: 395 Image Size: 17 x 10 inches S...Category
1960s Pop Art More Prints
MaterialsScreen
- Hungarian Surrealism Pop Art Hebrew Silkscreen Judaica Print Jewish SerigraphBy Jozsef JakovitsLocated in Surfside, FLAbstract Hebrew Prints on heavy mould made paper from small edition of 15. there is a facing page of text in Hungarian folded over. Hard edged geometric abstract prints in color base...Category
1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsArchival Paper, Screen
