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November 02, 2015

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LOT 25

Lot 25

Christo (1935- )

Christo (1935- )
Lot 25 Details
Christo (1935- ), American

PACKAGE ON CAROZZA, PROJECT FOR A. BERLINGIERI, TARANTO, SOUTH ITALY, 1984 [SCHELLMANN, 112]

Lithograph in black with collage of fabric and thread on Arches Cover White, mounted on museum board (as issued); signed, dated 1984 and numbered PP in pencil along the bottom edge. Aside from the edition of 100 (+ XX Roman Numerals + 20 artist’s proofs + Printer’s Proofs). Co-published by the artist and Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York. Printed by Jack Lemon, Landfall Press, Chicago
Sheet 22.5" x 28" — 57.2 x 71.1 cm.

Estimate $2,000-$3,000

Realised: $2,040
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

Provenance:

Knight Galleries International, Toronto
from whom purchased by the present Private Collection, Canada, circa 1992

Note:

Handdrawn at the lithography atelier of Landfall Press in Chicago, Christo executed this collaged lithograph after a sculpture he created in the 1960’s for the important collector Marchese Annibale Berlingieri from Rome. The sculpture was inspired by an antique carriage Christo observed on the property of Berlingieri’s country villa in Taranto.

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