Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection | Live Sale

Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection | Live Sale

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Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection

Christo

Package on Luggage Rack

Auction Closed

September 27, 03:01 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

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Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection

Christo

1935 - 2020


Package on Luggage Rack

signed and dated 1963-90 (on the reverse)

fabric, twine, rope, steel wire, polyethylene, rubberized cord, cotton, aluminum and steel luggage rack

66 by 33 ¼ by 19 in.

167.6 by 84.5 by 48.3 cm.

Executed in 1963-90.

Please note this work is signed and dated 1963-90 (on the reverse).

Harry N. Abrams, New York (acquired directly from the artist in September 1969)

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

David Bourdon, CHRISTO, New York 1970, no. 52, p. 99, illustrated in color (illustrated in a previous state)

Sandra Furlotti Reberschak, "I Grandi Colezionisti: A Katonah e a New York, le case e l'ufficio di Harry Abrams: I mille e uno quadri di un grande editore d'arte," Bolaffi Arte, n. 67, anno VIII, February - March 1977, p. 34, illustrated in color (illustrated in a previous state)

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Exposure and Concealment, April - May 1979 (exhibited in a previous state)

Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works 1958-1969, September - December 2001, no. 66, p. 52, illustrated in color