The Mastaba of Abu Dhabi (Project for United Arab Emirates)

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Christo (Bulgaria, b. 1935)
The Mastaba of Abu Dhabi (Project for United Arab Emirates)
signed and dated 'Christo 1979' and titled 'The Mastaba of Abu Dhabi
(Project for United Arab Emirates)' (centre left)
pencil, charcoal, photograph by Wolfgang Volz, wax crayons and map collage on paper
31½ x 23 5/8in. (80 x 60cm.)
Executed in 1979

Lot Essay

To be included in the forthcoming Christo catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne, Geneva, under archive number 206.

This work is a preparatory collage for the temporary artwork The Mastaba of Abu Dhabi (Project for United Arab Emirates) yet to be completed.

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