Running Fence (Project for Sonoma and Marin Counties, California)

Details

Christo (b. 1935)
Running Fence (Project for Sonoma and Marin Counties, California)
(ii) signed, titled and dated 'Christo 1976 Running Fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California)' (lower left)
pastel, charcoal, pencil, tape, technical data and topographical map on card
(i) 15 x 96in. (38 x 244cm.)
(ii) 42 x 96in. (106.6 x 244cm.)
Executed in 1976

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner in 1978.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 30 November 1995, lot 36.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

To be included in the forthcoming Christo catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne, Geneva, under archive no. 7763.

This work is a preparatory drawing for the temporary artwork Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972-76.

Running Fence (Project for Sonoma and Marin Counties, California)

Lot Essay

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