Live Auction 5009Post-War and Contemporary Art
Christo (b. 1935)
Lot 409PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE BRITISH COLLECTOR

Christo (b. 1935)

The Umbrellas (Project for Japan and Western-USA)

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GBP 131,200

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Christo (b. 1935)
The Umbrellas (Project for Japan and Western-USA)
(i) signed and dated 'Christo 1991' (lower right); titled 'The Umbrellas (Joint Project for Japan and USA)' (along the upper edge)
(ii) annotated (along the upper and lower edges)
(i) (ii) pencil, pastel, charcoal, crayon, topographic map, photograph by Wolfgang Volz, enamel paint, technical data and fabric sample
(i) 90 x 15in. (228.5 x 38cm.)
(ii) 90 x 42in. (228.5 x 106.6cm.)
Executed in 1991

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Specialist note

This work is a preparatory collage for the temporary artwork The Umbrellas (Project for Japan and Western-USA) which was completed in October 1991 and lasted eighteen days.

This work will be included in the forthcoming Christo catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne under archive no. 5097.