“Surrounded Islands”

24” by 24”

Acrylic and Oil Stick on Canvas

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“Surrounded Islands”, an installation by Christo and Jeanne-Claude on May 7, 1983. The installation of Surrounded Islands was completed in Biscayne Bay, between the city of Miami - Eleven islands were surrounded with 603,870 square meters (6.5 million square feet) of floating pink woven polypropylene fabric covering the surface of the water and extending out 61 meters (200 feet) from each island into the bay.