Christo (b. 1935)
Lot 372 PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

Christo (b. 1935)

The Museum of Modern Art Packed

Closed7 October 2017

Price Realised

GBP 106,250

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Christo (b. 1935)
The Museum of Modern Art Packed
signed and dated 'Christo 1968' (lower right); inscribed, titled and dated '"THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PACKED" (PROJECT FOR THE EVENT OF JUNE 9, 1968 New York)' (lower left)
gouache, charcoal, pencil, strings, fabric and photo collage on card laid on panel
28 x 22in. (71.2 x 56cm.)
Executed in 1968

Libreria Stampatori, Turin.
Galerie Daniel Varenne, Ginevra
Private Collection, Milan.
Anon. sale, Christie's Milan, 23 May 2006, lot 493.
Private Collection, Italy (acquired at the above sale)
Private Collection, Italy.

Specialist note

'Christo’s works escape the closed world of art. If his drawings and books assure, in traditional fashion, the dissemination of his images and ideas within artistic circles, each of his realizations is, in its own particular place, a point of departure for a remembrance, a history a story. From Little Bay to Miami, from Paris to Colorado, from Milan to Abu Dhabi, everywhere the events occurred they have become parts of the local memory, perpetrating themselves as narrative.' DOMINIQUE G. LAPORTE