Editions
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 07:00 pm
Lot 837
Christo, 1935-2020 (BG)
Wrapped Arc de Triomphe. Project for Paris, 1989
Collage made of fabric, yarn and city map on color lithograph reworked with graphite and crayon. In acrylic glass frame.
H 710 mm W 555 mm.
114/150. Signed and dated lower right: Christo, 1989. Titled lower center: Arc de Triumphe, Wrapped / Project for Paris, ave. des Champs Elysée, Pl. Ch de Gaulle, ave. de la Gd. Armée. Verso with copyright stamp of the artist and the printer.
Printer: Landfall Press, Chicago.
Editor: Torsten Lilja, Stockholm. (Frame).
| CHF | 6'000 / 9'000 |
| EUR | 6'100 / 9'100 |
| USD | 6'600 / 9'900 |
Hammer Price: CHF 18'000
Provenance:
Art Consulting Kimmerich, Düsseldorf (verso with label);
Lempertz Auktionshaus, Köln, 1 June 2019, Lot 832 (verso with label);
Swiss Private Collection, acquired at the above auction.
Literature:
Schellmann/Bennecke 144.