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Christo

Gabrovo 1935 – 2020 New York

”WRAPPED REICHSTAG (PROJECT FOR DER DEUTSCHE REICHSTAG)”. 1977

Collage with fabric, string, staple, photograph, paper, coloured chalk, charcoal and pencil on cardboard, firmly mounted on panel and original plexiglass frame. 57 × 72 × 4,5 cm (22 ½ × 28 ⅜ × 1 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Christo. ”WRAPPED REICHSTAG (PROJECT FOR DER DEUTSCHE REICHSTAG)”. 1977.

Estimate:

EUR 50,000

 

- 70,000

USD 48,500

 

- 68,000

Sold for:

93,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Winter Auctions 2022

Contemporary Art, Friday, 02.12.2022

Information

Collage with fabric, string, staple, photograph, paper, coloured chalk, charcoal and pencil on cardboard, firmly mounted on panel and original plexiglass frame. 57 × 72 × 4,5 cm (22 ½ × 28 ⅜ × 1 ¾ in.). In the centre titled, signed and dated: WRAPPED REICHSTAG (PROJECT FOR DER DEUTSCHE REICHSTAG – WEST BERLIN) PLATZ DER REPUBLIK, SCHEIDEMANN STRASSE, REICHSTAGPLATZ, HINDENBURG PLATZ Christo 1977. Inscribed with technical information at the top: hight [sic] 35 m 38 west portal total length 130.76 m. 86.70. Inscribed in the lower half: wooden construction TO THE BOTTOM / Railroads woods / FOR FABRIC ATTACHMENT. Catalogue raisonné: The work is registered in the archive of the estate of the artist.

We would like to thank Matthias Koddenberg, Studio Christo and Jeanne-Claude, New York, for kindly providing additional information.

Art collection of the Schering Stiftung, Berlin (acquired in 1978 at Galerie Mikro, Berlin)

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