Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Book and The Floating Piers
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March 18, 05:46 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
1935 - 2020 and 1935 - 2009
Wrapped Book and The Floating Piers
signed by Christo and numbered XX/XX on the wrapped book; signed and numbered HC22 on the interior of The Floating Piers
book wrapped in tarpaulin and tied with twine, with hardcover book in slipcase
Wrapped Book: 12 by 12 by 3 in. (30.5 by 30.5 by 7.6 cm.)
The Floating Piers: 11⅜ by 11⅞ by 3 in. (28.8 by 30.2 by 7.6 cm.)
Executed in 2017, this work is artist's proof 20 from an edition of 20, plus 20 artist's proofs. The Floating Piers is HC 22 from an edition of 400, and is accompanied by an original piece of cloth from the 2016 installation of the same name by the artists in Lake Iseo, in Italy.
Acquired from the above by the present owner
“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