Live Auction 5009Post-War and Contemporary Art
Christo (b. 1935)
Lot 399PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE BRITISH COLLECTOR

Christo (b. 1935)

Running Fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California)

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GBP 60,000

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Christo (b. 1935)
Running Fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California)
(ii) signed and dated 'Christo 1976' (lower right); titled 'RUNNING FENCE (PROJECT FOR Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California)' and further annotated (along the lower edge)
pencil, charcoal, crayon, pastel, map and technical data on paper mounted on board
(i) 15 x 96in. (38 x 244cm.)
(ii) 42 x 96in. (106.6 x 244cm.)
Executed in 1976

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Specialist note

This work is a preparatory collage for the temporary artwork Running Fence, which lasted from 1972-1976.

This work will be included in the forthcoming Christo catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne under archive no. 7765.