MCA – Collection: Christo (Christo Javacheff), Orange Store Front, 1964-65

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Images of Christo (Christo Javacheff), Orange Store Front

Christo (Christo Javacheff), American, b. Bulgaria, 1935
Orange Store Front, 1964–65
Painted wood, Masonite, Plexiglas, galvanized metal, pegboard, fabric, and electric lights
112 ½ × 101 1/8 × 23 7/8 in. (285.8 × 256.8 × 60.6 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Natalie and Irving Forman, 1975.50. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago.

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Exhibitions

The Street, the Store, and the Silver Screen: Pop Art from the MCA Collection
Sat, Dec 19, 2015–Sun, Mar 27, 2016

Collection

Christo (Christo Javacheff), Chicago Magazines, Wrapped, 1980, 1980
Christo (Christo Javacheff), Running Fence, 1978
1. Short A white tarp extends from rocky terrain into a body of water.
Christo (Christo Javacheff), The Museum of Modern Art Wrapped (Project for the Museum of Modern Art - New York, June 1968), 1971
Christo (Christo Javacheff), Wrapped Museum of Contemporary Art, Project for Chicago, 1969
1. Short Architectural color drawing of a building wrapped in fabric
Christo (Christo Javacheff), Museum of Contemporary Art (Packed-Project-About 20,000 Square Foot Surface), 1968
Christo (Christo Javacheff), Museum of Contemporary Art Packed (Chicago) - Project for January - March 1969, 1968
Christo (Christo Javacheff), Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago Project (Packed) 10,000 sq. feet of Tarpoline, 1968
Christo (Christo Javacheff), Project for the Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago-2500 Square Foot, 1968
1. Short Pencil drawing of the inside of a building with light blue fabric covering the floor
Christo (Christo Javacheff), Store Front I (Proposition pour salle 2 a la Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna Roma), 1965–67