Lot 939 Christo (d. i. Chr. Javacheff). Wrapped Venus, Project for …

Wrapped Venus, Project for Villa Borghese, Rome, aus: Graphikmappe Schweizerischer Kunstverein. 1974. Lithographie und collagierte Farblithographie auf Velin. 50,7 x 37 cm (61 x 45,8 cm). Signiert und nummeriert. - In Außenrändern kaum sichtbar gegilbt, tls. Ecke minimal bestoßen, verso leicht unregelmäßig und kaum sichtbar gegilbt, insgesamt sehr gut. Ganz hervorragender Druck mit breitem Rand.

Nouveau Réalisme

Online - Moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst – Schellmann/Benecke 74. - Druck bei Landfall Press, Chicago, mit deren Copyright und Blindstempel recto sowie Copyright-Adressstempel und der handschriftlichen Nummer "CJ74501" verso. - Aus dem Portfolio "Graphikmappe Schweizerischer Kunstverein". - Hrsg. v. ebendiesem, St. Gallen 1975. - 1963 verpackt Christo die Venus im Park der Villa Borghese ohne behördliche Genehmigung. Sie bleibt 4 Monate lang bestehen, ohne dass es jemandem auffällt. Man nimmt an, dass sie aus konservatorischen Gründen von der Parkverwaltung verhüllt worden sei.

Online - Modern and Contemporary Art – Lithograph and collaged colour lithograph on wove paper. Signed and numbered. - Hardly yellowed in outer margins, corner partly minimally bumped, slightly irregularly and hardly visible yellowed on the verso, all in all very good. Very excellent impression with wide margin. - Print by Landfall Press, Chicago (with copyright and blindstamp on the recto as well as copyrightstamp and pencil annotation on the verso). - From the portfolio "Graphikmappe Schweizerischer Kunstverein". Publ. by Schweizerischer Kunstverein, St. Gallen 1975. - Christo wraps the Venus in the park of Villa Borghese in 1963 without official authorisation. It remains there for four months without anyone noticing. It is being assumed that it was wrapped by the park authorities for conservation reasons.

Result: 550 €

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