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Christo — The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project for Paris)
Christo

The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project for Paris)

1979

Christo's project proposal from 1979 combines multiple materials including pencil, charcoal, fabric, and pastel in a collage format mounted in a custom wooden and Plexiglas frame. This work documents the artist's ambitious plan to wrap the Pont Neuf in Paris, a landmark environmental art project.

Medium
pencil, charcoal, fabric, glue, fabric yarns collage and pastel on card in artist's wooden and Plexiglas box frame.

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Art Contemporain Day Auction

May 26, 2023

Estimate: $70,000$100,000

Lot 112

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Christo, The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project for Paris), 1979

Christo's project proposal from 1979 combines multiple materials including pencil, charcoal, fabric, and pastel in a collage format mounted in a custom wooden and Plexiglas frame. This work documents the artist's ambitious plan to wrap the Pont Neuf in Paris, a landmark environmental art project.

Medium
pencil, charcoal, fabric, glue, fabric yarns collage and pastel on card in artist's wooden and Plexiglas box frame.
Year
1979
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Project Documentation, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Collage, 1979, Wrapped, Environmental Art

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