Lot Essay
Daniel Varenne will include this work in his forthcoming Christo catalogue raisonn.
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Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida)
Details
Christo (b. 1935)
Christo
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida)
two panels - signed and dated 'Christo 1982' (right side of upper panel) - titled 'Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida) From Venetian Causeway, to Broad Causeway' (lower edge of upper panel)
upper panel: pencil, printed paper collage, black chalk, gouache and enamel mounted on board
lower panel: pencil, fabric, printed paper collage, pastel, color wax crayons and enamel mounted on board
upper panel: 11 x 28 in. (27.9 x 71.1 cm.)
lower panel: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm.)
Executed in 1982
Christo
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida)
two panels - signed and dated 'Christo 1982' (right side of upper panel) - titled 'Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida) From Venetian Causeway, to Broad Causeway' (lower edge of upper panel)
upper panel: pencil, printed paper collage, black chalk, gouache and enamel mounted on board
lower panel: pencil, fabric, printed paper collage, pastel, color wax crayons and enamel mounted on board
upper panel: 11 x 28 in. (27.9 x 71.1 cm.)
lower panel: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm.)
Executed in 1982
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1983.
Sale room notice
Please note the lower panel is not printed paper, it is entirely drawn by hand. The medium on the lower panel is pencil, fabric, pastel, color wax crayons and enamel paint mounted on board.