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Christo and Jeanne-Claude with the finished project Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72, August 10, 1972, gelatin silver print, Shunk-Kender Photography Collection, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in memory of Harry Shunk and János Kender. © Christo. Photograph: Shunk-Kender © J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.

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Unfurling of curtain for Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72, August 10, 1972, gelatin silver print, Shunk-Kender Photography Collection, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in memory of Harry Shunk and János Kender. © Christo. Photograph: Shunk-Kender © J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.

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Jeanne-Claude (left) and team of workers spread fabric at site for Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia, 1968-69, 1969, gelatin silver print, Shunk-Kender Photography Collection, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in memory of Harry Shunk and János Kender. © Christo. Photograph: Shunk-Kender © J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.

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Team on cliffs and shore wrap rock outcrop for Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia, 1968-69, 1969, gelatin silver print, Shunk-Kender Photography Collection, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in memory of Harry Shunk and János Kender. © Christo. Photograph: Shunk-Kender © J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.

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Christo works on Wrapped Statue, Place du Trocadéro, Paris,February 6, 1964, gelatin silver print, Shunk-Kender Photography Collection, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in memory of Harry Shunk and János Kender. © Christo. Photograph: Shunk-Kender © J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.

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Christo, on ladder, ties ropes across the fabric for Wrapped Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1968-69, 1969, gelatin silver print, Shunk-Kender Photography Collection, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in memory of Harry Shunk and János Kender. © Christo. Photograph: Shunk-Kender © J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.

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In the Library: Process and Participation in the Work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude
February 6—April 14, 2017

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