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christo and jeanne-claude valley curtain 1970-1972 on august 10, 1972, in rifle, colorado, between grand junction and glenwood spring in the grand hogback mountain range, at 11 am, a group of 35 construction workers and 64 temporary helpers, art schools, college students, and itinerant art workers tied down the last of 27 ropes that secured the 12,780 square meters of woven nylon fabric orange curtain to its moorings at rifle gap, 11.3 km north of Rifle, on Highway 325. the valley curtain, project took 28 months to complete. christo and jeanne-claude’s temporary work of art was financed through the sale of the studies, preparatory drawings and collages, scale models, early works, and original lithographs. on august 11, 1972, 28 hours after completion of the, a gale estimated in excess of 100 kph made it necessary to start the removal of the work.

christo and jeanne-claude valley curtain 1970-1972

on august 10, 1972, in rifle, colorado, between grand junction and glenwood spring in the grand hogback mountain range, at 11 am, a group of 35 construction workers and 64 temporary helpers, art schools, college students, and itinerant art workers tied down the last of 27 ropes that secured the 12,780 square meters of woven nylon fabric orange curtain to its moorings at rifle gap, 11.3 km north of Rifle, on Highway 325.

the valley curtain, project took 28 months to complete.

christo and jeanne-claude’s temporary work of art was financed through the sale of the studies, preparatory drawings and collages, scale models, early works, and original lithographs.

on august 11, 1972, 28 hours after completion of the, a gale estimated in excess of 100 kph made it necessary to start the removal of the work.

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