''Valley Curtain'' was a 1972 environmental artwork in which artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude raised an orange curtain of fabric across a mountainous span of

Colorado State Highway 325 State Highway 325 (SH 325) is a state highway in Garfield County, Colorado, United States, that connects Colorado State Highway 13 (SH 13), north of Rifle, with Rifle Mountain Park. Route description SH 325 runs , starting at ...

. Preparations began within a year of their Australian ''

Wrapped Coast ''Wrapped Coast'' was a 1969 environmental artwork in which Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped a portion of Gadigal country's Little Bay in plastic fabric. It was funded by John Kaldor John William Kaldor (b. 1936 in Budapest) is an Aust ...

''. The artists formed a corporation to benefit from tax and other liabilities, a form they used for later projects. Following a failed attempt to mount the curtain in late 1971, a new engineer and builder-contractor raised the fabric in August 1972. The work only stood for 28 hours before the wind again destroyed the fabric. This work, their most expensive to date and first to involve construction workers, was captured in a documentary by David and Albert Maysles. ''

Christo's Valley Curtain ''Christo's Valley Curtain'' is a 1974 American short documentary film directed by Albert and David Maysles, about Christo and Jeanne-Claude's ''Valley Curtain'' project. Accolades It was nominated for an Academy Award The Academy Awards ...

'' was nominated for Best Documentary Short in the 1974 Academy Awards.

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Valley Curtain on christojeanneclaude.net
{{Portal bar, Visual arts 1972 works Works by Christo and Jeanne-Claude Garfield County, Colorado