Live Auction 8053Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Christo (b. 1935)
Lot 311

Christo (b. 1935)

Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami)

Closed15 February 2012

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GBP 67,250

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Christo (b. 1935)
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami)
titled 'Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami)' (along the upper edge of the left panel), signed and dated 'Christo 1981' (lower left of the left panel)
(i) pencil, printed map collage and charcoal on paper
(ii) pastel, charcoal, wax crayon and graphite on card
(i) 96 x 15in. (244 x 38cm.)
(ii) 96 x 42in. (244 x 106.6cm.)
Executed in 1981

Galerie Guy Pieters, Sint-Martens-Latem (acquired directly from the artist).
Buschlen Mowatt, Vancouver (acquired from the above in 1999).
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2001.

Specialist note

To be included in the forthcoming Christo Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne, Geneva, under number 7590.