Wrapping objects in fabric, paper or plastic, Christo and Jeanne-Claude alienate them from their conventional roles. Landmarks and monuments are shrouded to efface their intricate decorations and immediately recognizable features. The most stimulating innovation to ready-mades since Marcel Duchamp, the artists return these objects to their inherent state, estranging them from their surroundings and bathing them in a new poetic aura. In the drawing Deux chaises et table empaquetées, two chairs and a table drawn on paper are covered in fabric and tied with cords to suggest their wrapping. Through their concealment, we are confronted solely with their sheer subjacent form within the fabric. Devoid of any functionality, the pieces force the viewer to contemplate them strictly aesthetically based on their outlines. Objects become pure form and texture. Christo and Jeanne-Claude highlight the latent potential of any object to provoke wonder once it has been packaged for our aesthetic consumption.