Lot Essay
To be included in the forthcoming Christo catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne, Geneva.
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Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida)
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Christo (b. 1935)
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida)
(i) signed and dated 'Christo 1982' (upper left); titled and inscribed 'Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida) from Venetian Causeway to Broad Causeway' (along the lower edge)
(ii) annotated along the upper and lower edges
(i) gouache and wax crayon on enlarged ordonance map
(ii) wax crayon, pencil and fabric collaged on card
(i) 11¼ x 28in. (28.5 x 71.5cm.)
(ii) 22¼ x 28in. (56.5 x 71.5cm.)
Executed in 1982
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida)
(i) signed and dated 'Christo 1982' (upper left); titled and inscribed 'Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida) from Venetian Causeway to Broad Causeway' (along the lower edge)
(ii) annotated along the upper and lower edges
(i) gouache and wax crayon on enlarged ordonance map
(ii) wax crayon, pencil and fabric collaged on card
(i) 11¼ x 28in. (28.5 x 71.5cm.)
(ii) 22¼ x 28in. (56.5 x 71.5cm.)
Executed in 1982
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