Views of Christo's Running Fence as it meets the Pacific Ocean near Dillon Beach, California, September, 1976 - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Views of Christo's Running Fence as it meets the Pacific Ocean near Dillon Beach, California, September, 1976

Creation Date (Original)

1976

Item Format or Genre

["color photographs"]

Contributor(s) (Person)

["Christo, 1935-"]

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_005254

Item Details
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Item Details

Title

Views of Christo's Running Fence as it meets the Pacific Ocean near Dillon Beach, California, September, 1976

Additional Title(s)

Running Fence meets the Pacific Ocean near Dillon Beach, Calif., 1976

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Contributor(s) (Person)

["Christo, 1935-"]

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

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

["Marin"]

District

["Dillon Beach"]

Street Address

Dillon Beach, California

Latitude

38.249609

Longitude

-122.962691

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Referenced By

Christo, 1935- Running fence.

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

452792

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_005254

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565040086513 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 5254)

Item Call Number(s)

ARCHIVES PHOTO 5254

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

Copyright Statement

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Project Affiliation

Sonoma County Advertising Grant (2009-2010)

Contributing Organizations

Owned by Sonoma County Library.

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)

Digitization Note

Scanned from original photo, June 2008

Archival File Data Quality

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

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

1993

Filename

cstr_pho_005254.jp2

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