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

Over the River (Project for Arkansas River State of Colorado)

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Christo (b. 1935)
Over the River (Project for Arkansas River State of Colorado)
signed and dated 'Christo 1997' (to the lower right of the left element); titled 'Over the River (PROJECT FOR ARKANSAS RIVER State of Colorado)' (to the upper edge of the left element)
(i) acrylic, wax crayon, pencil and topographical photograph on card
(ii) wax crayon, fabric, pastel and pencil on card
(i) 30 ¾ x 12 ¼in. (78 x 31cm.)
(ii) 30 ¾ x 29 5/8in. (78 x 67.5cm.)
(2)Executed in 1997
Provenance
Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

“The river is born over the mountains when the snow is melting, with brooks meeting together to create a river with white waters and tranquil waters, and the river is used for a variety of recreational purposes, like rafting, canoeing, boating. (…). The fabric is not in identical panels, there are different panels at different heights and that creates almost a river of fabric. A river of fabric over the river, of course. It is luminous fabric, inside we have a great shade, but the light that passes through creates this luminous transparency coming from the two sides like in a cathedral, on the left and right of the banks of the river.”
–Christo

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