The Pont Neuf, Wrapped (Project for Paris)

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Christo (b. 1935)
The Pont Neuf, Wrapped (Project for Paris)
(i) signed, titled and dated 'The Pont-Neuf Wrapped (Project for Paris) Christo 1979' (along upper and lower edges) and further annotated in the centre
(ii) annotated (along upper edge and lower left quadrant)
(i) technical data, photograph by Wolfgang Volz and wax crayons mounted on board
(ii) pencil, fabric, thread, wax crayons and paper collage mounted on board
(i) 28 x 10¾in. (71.1 x 27.3cm.)
(ii) 28 x 22in. (71.1 x 55.9cm.)
Executed in 1979

Provenance

The Touchstone Gallery Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1980.

Exhibited

New York, The Touchstone Gallery Inc., The Photograph Transformed, 1979.

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Lot Essay

To be included in the forthcoming Christo Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne, Geneva under archive number 3087.

This work is a preparatory collage for the temporary artwork The Pont Neuf Wrapped which was completed in September 1985 and lasted fourteen days.

The Pont Neuf, Wrapped (Project for Paris)

Lot Essay

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