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Christo (b. 1935)
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Christo (b. 1935)

The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project for Pont Neuf-Paris)

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Christo (b. 1935)
The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project for Pont Neuf-Paris)
signed, titled and dated 'Christo 1976 The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project for Pont Neuf-Paris, Quai des grandes Augustins, Quai de Louvre, Quai de la Megisserie, Quai de Conti' (center left)
pencil, fabric, twine, photograph by Wolfgang Volz, charcoal, map and ballpoint pen collage on board
28 x 22in. (71 x 56cm.)
Executed in 1976
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 20 March 1997, lot 66.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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Lot Essay

To be included in the forthcoming Christo Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Daniel Varenne, Geneva, under number 3057.

This work is a preparatory collage for a temporary artwork The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris, 1975-85 which was completed in September 1985 and remained for fourteen days.

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