Empaquetage de Femme... Film Realisé par Charles Wilp (Performance Photograph).
Düsseldorf/London, 1963. Vintage gelatin silver print (8.5 x 11.5 inches) with matte finish. German Pop-adjacent artist Charles Wilp generated some of the most avant-garde European advertising from the 1960s (cf. Afri-Cola spots on Youtube), while also producing artist's vinyl with the likes of Yves Klein. In 1963, he filmed Christo twice—in both Düsseldorf and London—as the latter continued with his Wrapped Women series, which had some of its earliest iterations in Klein's Paris apartment. Rather than wrapping cars or oil barrels or architecture, Christo here wrapped the nude female body; a practice that soon lead to some of his most stunning jewelry and fashion designs. The present photograph—rather abstract, of the model's torso—most likely issues from the Düsseldorf performance of this work. A sharp print, with only minor edge-wear; Wilp's studio stamp to verso, along with bold manuscript title in black ink.
Item #32160
Price: $850.00