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Christo (b. 1935)
Lot 306

Christo (b. 1935)

The Umbrellas (Joint Project for Japan and USA)

Closed1 July 2015

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GBP 66,100

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Christo (b. 1935)
The Umbrellas (Joint Project for Japan and USA)
signed and dated 'Christo 1989' (lower edge of right panel); titled 'The Umbrellas (Joint Project for Japan and USA)' (upper edge of right panel)
left panel: coloured crayons and fabric on board
right panel: map, acrylic and coloured crayons on board
left panel: 30½ x 26¼in. (77.5 x 66.7cm.)
right panel: 30½ x 12in. (77.5 x 30.2cm.)
Executed in 1989

Claes Distner Gallery, Karlshamn.
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 5 May 1993, lot 298.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

To be included in the forthcoming Christo Catalogue Raisonné of the artist's work being prepared by Daniel Varenne, under no. 5020.