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Christo (b. 1935)
Lot 270

Christo (b. 1935)

The Umbrellas (Joint Project for Japan and USA)

Closed15 February 2012

Price Realised

GBP 175,250

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Christo (b. 1935)
The Umbrellas (Joint Project for Japan and USA)
signed, titled and dated 'The Umbrellas (Joint Project for Japan and USA) Christo 1989' (along the lower edge of the upper panel)
(i) pencil, wax crayon, pastel, oil, charcoal, photograph by Wolfgang Volz and topographic map on card
(ii) pencil, pastel, wax crayon and charcoal on card
(i) 15 x 96in. (38 x 244cm.)
(ii) 42 x 96in. (106.6 x 244cm.)
Executed in 1989

Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

To be included in the forthcoming Christo Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne, Geneva, under number 5010.