Lot Essay
Daniel Varenne will include this work in his forthcoming Christo catalogue raisonn.
Wrapped Monument to Cristobal Colon, Project for Barcelona
Details
Christo (b. 1935)
Wrapped Monument to Cristobal Colon, Project for Barcelona
signed and dated 'Christo 1976' (upper right), inscribed 'Wrapped Monument to Cristobal Colon/Project for Barcelona/' (across the top)
fabric, string, colored wax crayons, pencil and staples on board
28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Executed in 1976
Wrapped Monument to Cristobal Colon, Project for Barcelona
signed and dated 'Christo 1976' (upper right), inscribed 'Wrapped Monument to Cristobal Colon/Project for Barcelona/' (across the top)
fabric, string, colored wax crayons, pencil and staples on board
28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Executed in 1976
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Gund, Cambridge, Massachusetts (acquired from the artist); sale, Christie's, New York, 8 November 1990, lot 170
Exhibited
Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art; Austin, Laguna Gloria Art Museum; and Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Christo: Urban Projects A Survey, May 1979-January 1980.
Boston, Atheneum, Contemporary American Realism: Drawings, August-September 1982.
Boston, Atheneum, Christo: Works on Paper, September-October 1984.
Boston, Atheneum, Contemporary American Realism: Drawings, August-September 1982.
Boston, Atheneum, Christo: Works on Paper, September-October 1984.