Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne, Geneva under archive number 7522.
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Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida)
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Christo (b. 1935)
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida)
(i) signed and dated 'Christo 1982' (lower left); titled and further annotated 'Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Flo)' (along the lower edge)
(ii) annotated (along the upper and lower edges)
(i) oil pastel, map, black and white photograph and fabric collage laid down on board
(ii) pencil, oil pastel and fabric collage laid down on board
(i) 11 x 28 1/8in. (28 x 71.2cm.)
(ii) 22 3/8 x 28 1/8in. (56.8 x 71.2cm.)
Executed in 1982
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida)
(i) signed and dated 'Christo 1982' (lower left); titled and further annotated 'Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Flo)' (along the lower edge)
(ii) annotated (along the upper and lower edges)
(i) oil pastel, map, black and white photograph and fabric collage laid down on board
(ii) pencil, oil pastel and fabric collage laid down on board
(i) 11 x 28 1/8in. (28 x 71.2cm.)
(ii) 22 3/8 x 28 1/8in. (56.8 x 71.2cm.)
Executed in 1982
Provenance
Carl Flach, Stockholm.
Private Collection, Sweden.
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 30 November 1989, lot 805.
Dennis Hotz Art Ltd., London.
Irene Hochman, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Private Collection, Sweden.
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 30 November 1989, lot 805.
Dennis Hotz Art Ltd., London.
Irene Hochman, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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