The Ginny Williams Collection: Part II
The Ginny Williams Collection: Part II
THIS LOT OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE
CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE | WRAPPED REICHSTAG (PROJECT FOR BERLIN)
Lot Closed
July 16, 04:20 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE
1935 - 2020 and 1935 - 2009
WRAPPED REICHSTAG (PROJECT FOR BERLIN)
signed by Christo, titled and dated 1992; signed by Christo and dated 1992 on the reverse
ink, graphite, crayon, enamel, charcoal, Wolfgang Volz photograph and paper collage on paper mounted to board
Board: 14 by 11 in. (35.5 by 27.94 cm.)
Framed:14½ by 11¼ in. (36.8 by 28.6 cm.)
Acquired directly from the artist
“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)