Christo's Running Fence exhibit at Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California, 1980 - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Christo's Running Fence exhibit at Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California, 1980

Creation Date (Original)

1980

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Arts and Architecture"]

Subject (Topical)

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

Subject (Person)

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

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_011685

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Christo's Running Fence exhibit at Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California, 1980

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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)

1980

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white 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)

1980

Subject (Topical)

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

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Orange"]

City or Town

["Newport Beach"]

Geographic Feature

["San Clemente Drive"]

Street Address

850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, California

Latitude

33.621726

Longitude

-117.878065

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

507947

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_011685

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565010224474 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 11685)

Item Call Number(s)

ARCHIVES PHOTO 11685

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

Petaluma History Room, 100 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma, CA 94952 https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/petaluma-history-room

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