The Gates X

Christo Javacheff (1935-), is a Bulgarian artist, known for his collaboration with French artist Jeanne-Claude Denat (1935-2009). Together, they created some of the most impressively large and ceaselessly clever art installations ever seen, and this collection of rare, lithographic photo prints showcases the breadth and depth of their work.

Offset lithography is a printing technique wherein the image is created from a polymer coating applied to a flexible plastic or metal plate, and transferred onto a flexible rubber sheet before being transferred to the printing surface. This method allows for malleability in the printing elements, to make sure the details are authentically replicated. This particular print features Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 2005 installation "The Gates".

Begun in 1979, this project involved the construction of 7,503 fabric "gates" in New York's Central Park. With their free-hanging saffron colored fabric panels, the gates seemed like a golden river appearing and disappearing through the bare branches of the trees.