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Christo

The Gates (Project for Central Park, New York City)

VAT reduced rateUK: Greenford Park WarehouseArtist's Resale Right

Lot Closed

September 13, 01:57 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Christo

1935 - 2020

The Gates (Project for Central Park, New York City)


i. signed, titled, dated 2001 and variously inscribed; signed, dated 2001 and variously inscribed on the reverse

ii. variously inscribed; signed, dated 2001 and variously inscribed on the reverse 

pencil, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon and aerial photograph on paper, in two parts, in artist's Plexiglas frame

i. 166.3 by 39.2 cm. 65⅜ by 15⅜ in.

ii. 166.3 by 107.7 cm. 65⅜ by 42⅜ in.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 2002

Anne L. Strauss, Ed., Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005, Cologne 2005, p. 21, illustrated in colour