Christo

Wrapped Monument to Leonardo, Project for Piazza della Scala, Milan (S & B. 40-42)

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Christo
Wrapped Monument to Leonardo, Project for Piazza della Scala, Milan (S & B. 40-42)
collotype with collage of fabric, red thread and staples, collotype with colour lithograph, and colour collotype respectively, 1971, on wove paper, the set of three, each signed in pencil, S. 40 and 42 numbered 30/99, S. 41 numbered 162/999, published by Edition 999, Zurich, S.42 with some cockling, otherwise apparently in good condition, unexamined out of the frames, averaging S. 740 x 555mm.; and a further impression of S. 41, signed in pencil, numbered 162/999, all framed (4)

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The wrapping of the monument to Leonardo took place in 1970, to raise funds for Valley Curtain. Of the three images produced S. 40 and S. 42 were issued as a pair, in an edition of 99, whilst S. 41 and S. 42 were issued as a pair in an edition of 999.