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Christo - Christo (1935 Gabrovo - 2020 New York City) Wolfgang Volz (1948 Tuttlingen) - ”Portfolio II - Wrapped Reichstag Berlin 1971-1995” - (1995) Ed. Schumacher, Edition Fils, Düsseldorf. Edition portfolio with 6 original photographs/paper. 7/150. Each 50 x 60 cm (sheet dimensions), 51.7 x 62.6 x 4 cm (portfolio dimensions). All signed and numbered: Volz / Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Isolated minimal signs of wear. Christo is considered the most famous 'packaging artist'. He worked with monuments and buildings, wrapped coastlines as well as entire islands. From 1953-56 he studied at the Academy of Arts in Sofia. In 1957, the first packages and ”Wrapped Objects” were created in Paris. Since 1961, Christo realized projects together with the artist Jeanne-Claude, his later wife. Probably the most famous project in Germany is the wrapping of the Reichstag, which took place from June 23 - July 8, 1995. Here, Christo and Jeanne-Claude used 100,000 sqm of fabric, 15,600 m of rope and 200 tons of steel. Christo's life's work was honored by the German government after his death in 2020. Volz became particularly known through his collaboration with the artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude, whose artworks he exclusively photographed since 1972. This close collaboration was documented in various publications and exhibitions worldwide.