Lot Essay
To be included in the forthcoming Christo Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne, Geneva, under number 1063.
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Wrapped Reichstag (Project for West Berlin - der Deutsche Reichstag)
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Christo (b. 1935)
Wrapped Reichstag (Project for West Berlin - der Deutsche Reichstag)
signed, titled and dated 'Christo 1972 Wrapped Reichstag (Project for West Berlin - der Deutsche Reichstag)' (centre)
pencil, fabric, thread, charcoal, photographs, wax crayon, tape and printed paper on cardboard
28 x 22in. (71 x 56cm.)
Executed in 1972
Wrapped Reichstag (Project for West Berlin - der Deutsche Reichstag)
signed, titled and dated 'Christo 1972 Wrapped Reichstag (Project for West Berlin - der Deutsche Reichstag)' (centre)
pencil, fabric, thread, charcoal, photographs, wax crayon, tape and printed paper on cardboard
28 x 22in. (71 x 56cm.)
Executed in 1972
Provenance
Annely Juda Fine Art, London.
Exhibited
Newcastle, Hatton Gallery, Christo. Collages and Drawings, September-October 1974, no. 13 (illustrated, unpaged). This exhibition later travelled to London, Annely Juda Fine Art, November-December 1974.
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Christo. Project for Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, November-December 1977 (illustrated, unpaged).
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Christo. Project for Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, November-December 1977 (illustrated, unpaged).
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