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View from a helicopter of Christo's Running Fence looking northwest with Bodega Bay on the left in the background, Bodega Bay, California, September, 1976

Title

View from a helicopter of Christo's Running Fence looking northwest with Bodega Bay on the left in the background, Bodega Bay, California, September, 1976

Creator (Person)

["Volz, Wolfgang"]

Creation Date (Original)

1976

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Description

Segments 3A-2B.

Item Format or Genre

["color photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Arts and Architecture"]

Subject (Topical)

["Site-specific installations (Art)","Environment (Art)"]

Subject (Person)

["Christo, 1935---Running fence"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_004995

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

View from a helicopter of Christo's Running Fence looking northwest with Bodega Bay on the left in the background, Bodega Bay, California, September, 1976

Creator (Person)

["Volz, Wolfgang"]

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View photo location on the Sonoma County Historical Photos Map hosted by the City of Santa Rosa

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Description

Segments 3A-2B.

Biographical or Historical Note

Running Fence: 18 feet (5.5 meters) high, 24.5 miles (39.4 kilometers) long, extending east-west near Freeway 101, north of San Francisco, on the private properties of 59 ranchers, following the rolling hills and dropping down to the Pacific Ocean at Bodega Bay. The Running Fence was completed on September 10, 1976. The art project consisted of 42 months of collaborative efforts, the ranchers’ participation, 18 public hearings, three sessions at the Superior Courts of California, the drafting of a 450-page Environmental Impact Report and the temporary use of the hills, the sky and the ocean. All expenses for the temporary work of art were paid by Christo and Jeanne-Claude through the sale of studies, preparatory drawings and collages, scale models and original lithographs. The artists do not accept sponsorship of any kind. Running Fence was made of 2,152,780 square feet (200,000 square meters) of heavy woven white nylon fabric, hung from a steel cable strung between 2,050 steel poles (each 21 feet/6.4 meters long, 3.5 inch/8.9 cm in diameter) embedded 3 feet (91 centimeters) into the ground, using no concrete and braced laterally with guy wires (90 miles/145 kilometers of steel cable) and 14,000 earth anchors. The top and bottom edges of the 2,050 fabric panels were secured to the upper and lower cables by 350,000 hooks. All parts of Running Fence’s structure were designed for complete removal and no visible evidence of Running Fence remains on the hills of Sonoma and Marin Counties. As it had been agreed with the ranchers and with county, state and federal agencies, the removal of Running Fence started 14 days after its completion and all materials were given to the ranchers. Running Fence crossed 14 roads and the town of Valley Ford, leaving passage for cars, cattle and wildlife. It was designed to be viewed by following 40 miles (64 kilometers) of public roads, in Sonoma and Marin Counties. (Source: http://christojeanneclaude.net/projects/running-fence)

Creation Date (Original)

1976

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["color photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Other Physical Details

color

Local History and Culture Theme

["Arts and Architecture"]

Subject (Person)

["Christo, 1935---Running fence"]

Subject (Time Period)

1976

Subject (Topical)

["Site-specific installations (Art)","Environment (Art)"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

District

["Bodega Bay"]

Street Address

Bodega Bay, California

Latitude

38.3077194

Longitude

-122.9988098

Geocoding Status

["Approximate geocoding"]

Creator Note

Photographer: Wolfgang Volz.

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

443287

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_004995

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565040082728 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 4995);37565008743410 (PETALUMA PHOTO 4995)

Item Call Number(s)

ARCHIVES PHOTO 4995;PETALUMA PHOTO 4995

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library); Petaluma History Room, Petaluma Regional Library, 100 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma, CA 94952 (https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/petaluma-history-room)

Copyright Statement

The Sonoma County Library makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images and can claim only physical ownership of the image(s) described in this records. However, these images are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

Project Affiliation

Sonoma County Tourism Grant (2008-2009)

Contributing Organizations

Sonoma County Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (http://www.sonomalibrary.org)

Fiscal Sponsor

Grant provided to the Sonoma County Library through the Sonoma County Advertising Program

Date Digitized

2011

Digitizing Agency

Backstage Library Works, 533 East 1860 South, Provo UT 84606 (http://www.bslw.com)

Archival File Data Quality

["High resolution master file image (600 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

1993

Filename

cstr_pho_004995.jp2

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