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Christo & Jeanne-Claude, ”Wrapped Coast: 198-1969” project, Signed - Christo (Bulgarian, 1935-2020) and Jeanne-Claude (Moroccan, 1935-2009) art project: Wrapped Coast: 1968-1969, Little Bay Beach, Australia Print on cardboard from an edition of 100 copies, Signed and numbered 85 of 100 in blue marker Published by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem Dimensions: 47X68 cm The artists, assembled and directed a team of 15 professional rock climbers and 110 local art and architecture student workers, as well as Australian artists and teachers. Over a period of four weeks, they wrapped about one and a half miles of coast and cliffs up to 85 feet high with 1,000,000 square feet of light beige erosion-control fabric and 35 miles of rope. The project suffered a temporary setback when, three-quarters of the way through, a storm severely damaged sections of fabric on the wrapped coastline, requiring them to be redraped. The artists and their team completed Wrapped Coast on October 28, 1969, and the work remained on view for 10 weeks