Berlin plans to buy a Christo items associated with the project, "Wrapped Reichstag"
Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage organized a fundraiser to purchase a collection of 400 art objects, including drawings, photographs and collages
Christ and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Reichstag. Berlin, 1971-1995
Photo 1995
From the Collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington
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resource Artforum reported that the German state of Prussia Cultural Heritage Foundation, reporting to the Berlin government officially announced its intention to acquire art objects related to the implementation in 1995 design creative duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude, "Wrapped Reichstag».
Hristo last September announced his intention to sell the Berlin impressive collection of evidence for this project, consisting of some four hundred items, including drawings , collages, photographs and documents, for $ 12.6 million. The Berlin authorities have responded to this request the creation of an organization dedicated to raising funds for the purchase, which will then transmit the Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage. The statement of president of the Hermann Parzinger (Hermann Parzinger) reads "We formally express its willingness to take an artist of his gift and properly take care of him. Berlin - the best place for carrying such a powerful symbolic charge. Now it will depend on whether there are any tools, we are ready [to make this purchase]" .
Earlier Artnewspaper reported that the walls Reystaga planned exhibition on the project, and that Christ set the condition that: a collection of 400 objects must always maintain their integrity.
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