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Christo (B. 1935)
Lot 126 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN COLLECTION

Christo (B. 1935)

The Umbrellas (Project for Japan and Western USA)

Closed29 September 2016

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GBP 47,500

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Christo (B. 1935)
The Umbrellas (Project for Japan and Western USA)
signed and dated 'Christo 1986' (lower right); titled and inscribed 'The Umbrellas (Project For Japan and Western USA) 3000 Umbrellas height 18 feet diameter 24 feet' (along the lower edge)
graphite, gouache, colour wax crayon and fabric collage on cardboard mounted on wooden stretcher framed under Plexiglas
26 ¼ x 30 ½in. (66.7 x 77.5cm.)
Executed in 1986

Private Collection, Switzerland.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 12 December 1997, lot 224.
Private Collection, Belgium.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 12 February 2010, lot 195.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.