Lot Essay
Daniel Varenne will include this work in his forthcoming Christo catalogue raisonn.
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Packed Public Building, Project for Allied Chemical Tower, #1, Times Square, New York
Details
Christo (b. 1935)
Packed Public Building, Project for Allied Chemical Tower, #1, Times Square, New York
signed, titled and dated 'Christo 1968 Packed Public Building (Project for Allied Chemical Tower, No1, Times Square, in New York City)' (lower left)
pencil, pastel, colored wax crayons, charcoal, brush and gray wash on paper mounted on board
50 x 36 in. (127 x 91.5 cm.)
Executed in 1968
Packed Public Building, Project for Allied Chemical Tower, #1, Times Square, New York
signed, titled and dated 'Christo 1968 Packed Public Building (Project for Allied Chemical Tower, N
pencil, pastel, colored wax crayons, charcoal, brush and gray wash on paper mounted on board
50 x 36 in. (127 x 91.5 cm.)
Executed in 1968
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Harry Torczyner
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, American Drawings 1963-1973, May-July 1973, n.n.
Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Urban Projects, A Survey, May-July 1979, n.n.
Boston, Athenaeum, Christo: Realized and Unrealized Projects: Drawings and Collages, September-October 1984.
Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Urban Projects, A Survey, May-July 1979, n.n.
Boston, Athenaeum, Christo: Realized and Unrealized Projects: Drawings and Collages, September-October 1984.
Sale Room Notice
Please note that this work is not mounted on board.
