Lot 187
  • 187

Christo

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
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Description

  • Christo
  • Portrait of Judith Lieb
  • oil on canvas portrait painted by Javacheff, wrapped in polyethylene twine and rope with 3 other stretched canvases

  • 41 1/2 by 29 by 11 in. 105.3 by 73.7 by 28 cm.
  • Executed in 1969.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist

Exhibited

Berlin, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works 1958-1969, 2001, pl. no. 112, illustrated 

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. The plastic wrap exhibits evidence of soiling, presumably from handling; mild yellowing with age and the surface is faintly dusty. Otherwise, there are no apparent condition problems with this work.
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