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Christo and
Jeanne-Claude:
50th Anniversary of “Valley Curtain” and the Artists’ Legacy

Summervail X
Vail Symposium

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Join us to discuss the Valley Curtain project: its conception, development and construction, and its legacy five decades later.

July 28. 2022
Vail, Colorado

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72
Photo: Wolfgang Volz
© 1972 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation

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Christo - Valley Curtain (Project for Colorado)
Collage 1970
Pencil, charcoal, crayon, enamel paint, fabric, and staples
71 x 56 cm (28 x 22 in)
Private collection Photo: Archive
© 1970 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72
Photo: Shunk-Kender
© 1972 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation and J. Paul Getty Trust

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The mission of the Summervail Art Workshop Legacy Project is to establish historical preservation of the legacy of the Summervail Art Workshop and Critical Studies Program, which ran from 1971 to 1984 and became an invaluable entity to the Vail Valley and to the art world.

©2022 by SVAW Legacy Project 501(c)3 EIN: 82-3750654

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