Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming Christo catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne, Geneva.
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Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay)
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CHRISTO (b. 1935)
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay)
signed, dated and inscribed 'Christo 1982 Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami Florida)' (lower edge of upper panel)
pencil, fabric, pastel, aerial photograph, enamel paint, colored wax crayons and paper collage on paper laid down on board
upper panel: 11 x 28 in. (28 x 71 cm.) lower panel: 22 x 28 in. (56 x 71 cm.)
Executed in 1982
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay)
signed, dated and inscribed 'Christo 1982 Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami Florida)' (lower edge of upper panel)
pencil, fabric, pastel, aerial photograph, enamel paint, colored wax crayons and paper collage on paper laid down on board
upper panel: 11 x 28 in. (28 x 71 cm.) lower panel: 22 x 28 in. (56 x 71 cm.)
Executed in 1982
Provenance
S. Bitter Larkin Gallery, New York.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 5 October 1989, lot 239.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 9 November 1999, lot 486.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 5 October 1989, lot 239.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 9 November 1999, lot 486.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.