Live Auction 5324Post War & Contemporary Art
Christo (b. 1935)
Lot 167

Christo (b. 1935)

The Umbrellas (Project for Japan and U.S.A.)

Closed13 December 2007

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GBP 60,500

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Christo (b. 1935)
The Umbrellas (Project for Japan and U.S.A.)
(i) signed and dated 'Christo, 1988' (lower right)
(i) pencil, pastel, charcoal, wax crayon, enamel paint, topographic Map and collage on card
(ii) pencil, fabric, pastel, charcoal, wax crayon, enamel paint, topographic map and collage on card
(i) 26 1/8 x 11 7/8in. (66.4 x 30.2cm.)
(ii) 26 1/8 x 30¼in. (66.4 x 76.8cm.)
Executed in 1988 (2)

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Specialist note

To be included in the forthcoming Christo catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne, Geneva, under archive no. 5099.

This work is a preparatory collage for the temporary artwork The Umbrellas (Project for Japan & Western U.S.A.) which was completed in October 1991 and lasted eighteen days.