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Lot 161
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Christo

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Christo
  • Wrapped Book Modern Art (Schellmann 95)
  • Book, polyethylene and twine
  • wrapped book: 350 by 245 mm 13 7/8 by 9 3/4 in
  • plexiglass box: 430 by 330 by 90 mm 17 by 13 by 3 5/8 in
Multiple, comprising the book Modern Art, by Sam Hunter and John Jocobus, wrapped in polyethylene with twine and cord, 1978, signed in black marker, numbered 50/120 (total edition includes 20 artist's proofs), published by Abrams Original Editions, New York, contained in a plexiglass box built by the current owner

Condition

The polyethylene wrapping breaking-up and flaking-off, most noticeably in the book's top right and bottom left corners. The artist's signature and edition number separated from the multiple. Minor abrasions to the twine wrapping the book.
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