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(CHRISTO). Javacheff, Christo. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 33 ½ x 22 ½" kraft paper sheet printed offset recto only, machine folded in eighths and flattened, 1 b&w illustration. This is the poster issued by the Museum of Modern Art in conjunction with their 1968 exhibition "Christo Wraps the Museum: Scale Models, Photomontages, and Drawings for a Non-Event". The show presented preparatory materials generated for the artist's proposed wrapping of MoMA - a project that was ultimately abandoned due to safety and liability concerns. States the Museum's contemporaneous press release ""As an artist functioning more in the realm of 'events' than in that of painting and sculpture, it is not surprising that Christo should have dreamed that it was time to wrap up the Museum , and for that matter the trees, the sculptures, and even some of the spectators in its garden. The Museum staff found this a potentially lively and poetically strange project. But the more practical heads of the fire department, police department, and insurance agencies prevailed. Nevertheless, we felt that our public would enjoy seeing the models, photomontages, and drawings that Christo had prepared as sketches for this event, an event that was to have signaled the closing of the exhibition "Dada, Surrealism, and Their Heritage". A brand new, most handsome example of this graphically striking object we acquired directly from its original owner - a significant Los Angeles collector who became good friends with artist - for whom it was additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Christo 68" in orange crayon - that originally came folded, as issued, and has been subsequently flattened. The poster is accompanied by a Fine condition, unsigned example of the uncommon accompanying fourteen page MoMA exhibition catalogue. Inventory Number: 026503