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Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 07:00 pm

Christo, Wrapped Arc de Triomphe. Project for Paris

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).

CHF6'000 / 9'000
EUR6'100 / 9'100
USD6'600 / 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.