Contemporary Art Day Auction
Contemporary Art Day Auction
Christo
Dark Package, Package
Lot Closed
October 15, 02:52 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Christo
1935 - 2020
Dark Package, Package
i. signed and dated 63 on the reverse
ii. signed and dated 63 on the reverse
fabric and twine mounted in a Plexiglas box, in two parts
each: 38 by 31 by 12 cm. 15 by 12¼ by 4¾ in.
each, framed: 57.4 by 51 by 15.5 cm. 22 5/8 by 20 by 6 1/8 in.
Alfred Schmela, Dusseldorf
Martin Visser, Bergeyk
Private Collection, Stockholm
Sotheby's, London, 21 March 1996, Lot 64
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Martin Visser, Bergeyk
Private Collection, Stockholm
Sotheby's, London, 21 March 1996, Lot 64
Acquired from the above by the present owner
David Bourdon, Christo, New York 1970, p. 60, no. 6, illustrated (upside-down); and p. 114, no. 70, illustrated
Alexander Tolnay, David Bourdon and Lawrence Alloway, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works 1958-1969, Cologne and New York 2001, p. 32, no. 38, illustrated in colour
Alexander Tolnay, David Bourdon and Lawrence Alloway, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works 1958-1969, Cologne and New York 2001, p. 32, no. 38, illustrated in colour