Contemporary Art Online | New York
Contemporary Art Online | New York
CHRISTO | WRAPPED BOOKS
Lot Closed
March 10, 04:34 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
CHRISTO
b.1935
WRAPPED BOOKS
signed, dated 1993 and inscribed For Jacob
4 books wrapped in transparent polyethelene, twine and cord
Overall: 14¼ by 10⅜ by by 3 in. (36.2 by 26.3 by 7.6 cm.)
Executed in 1993, this work is unique.
Collection of Jacob Baal-Teshuva (gift of the artist)
Private Collection, California
“With ordinary fabric and cord, Christo has wrapped an imposing bundle of work and secured for himself a prominent position in mid-century art. He has packaged everything from tin cans to entire buildings... In all of his packages, he transforms familiar objects into ambivalent presences, sometimes rendering them unrecognizable and often raising doubts about their past, present and future identity and function.” (David Bourdon, Christo, New York 1970, p. 9)