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Christo

The Pont Neuf - Wrapped (Project For Paris)

Auction Closed

March 3, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Christo

1935 - 2020

The Pont Neuf - Wrapped (Project For Paris)


i. signed, titled, dated 1979 and variously inscribed

ii. variously inscribed; variously inscribed on the reverse

wax crayon, pencil, fabric, charcoal, wire, topographic map and photograph on paper, in Plexiglas frame, in two parts

i. 71.7 by 28.5 cm. 28¼ by 11¼ in.

ii. 71.7 by 56.5 cm. 28¼ by 22¼ in.

Obelisk Gallery, Boston
Private Collection
Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1986, Lot 684
Private Collection, Scandinavia
Acquired from the above by the present owner