ID 717623
Lot 233 | CHRISTO (1935-2020)
Estimate value
£ 180 000 – 250 000
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida)
(i) signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'Surrounded Islands (Project For Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida) Venetian Causeway, J. Tuttle Causeway, 79th STREET Causeway and Broad Causeway; Christo 1981' (lower edge)
pastel, crayon, graphite, charcoal, enamel paint and aerial photograph on paper, in Plexiglas box, in two parts
(i) 15 1⁄2 x 96 1⁄2 x 2in. (39.5 x 245 x 5cm.)
(ii) 42 1⁄2 x 96 1⁄2 x 2in. (108 x 245 x 5cm.)
overall: 58 1⁄8 x 96 1⁄2 x 2in. (147.5 x 245 x 5cm.)
Executed in 1981
Provenance
Obelisk Gallery, Boston (acquired directly from the artist in 1981).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 15 November 1995, lot 56.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Special Notice
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| Artist: | Christo Yavashev (1935 - 2020) |
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| Applied technique: | Mixed media |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Christo Yavashev (1935 - 2020) |
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| Applied technique: | Mixed media |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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