Tableaux VX - Mercredi 17 Mars, 19h
Christo (1935-2020), "Le Jet d'eauWrapped", mixed technique, graphite pencil, fabric, string and oil pastelon cardboard, signed and dated 1974, 56x71 cm
Inclusion in the catalogue raisonné in2008 currently being collated by the Daniel Varenne Gallery, no. 6529
Note: There are three studies for thewater jet project, one at the MAMCO, one with an unknown location and the onepresented here.
Provenance: Bernese private collection;Christie's sale, London, 2008; Geneva private collection
Verso: Dedication "For Victor [L.,Berne]" signed, located "New York" and dated "March 30,1977".
Christo, born in Bulgaria, fled thecommunist regime in 1956 to take refuge in the West. He is welcomed in Genevaby compatriots, Bulgarian political refugees and friends of the family. It wasnot until 1975 that the Rath Museum hosted an exhibition linked to Christo'sproject in Colorado, the
Description
Christo (1935-2020), "Le Jet d'eauWrapped", mixed technique, graphite pencil, fabric, string and oil pastelon cardboard, signed and dated 1974, 56x71 cm
Inclusion in the catalogue raisonné in2008 currently being collated by the Daniel Varenne Gallery, no. 6529
Note: There are three studies for thewater jet project, one at the MAMCO, one with an unknown location and the onepresented here.
Provenance: Bernese private collection;Christie's sale, London, 2008; Geneva private collection
Verso: Dedication "For Victor [L.,Berne]" signed, located "New York" and dated "March 30,1977".
Christo, born in Bulgaria, fled thecommunist regime in 1956 to take refuge in the West. He is welcomed in Genevaby compatriots, Bulgarian political refugees and friends of the family. It wasnot until 1975 that the Rath Museum hosted an exhibition linked to Christo'sproject in Colorado, the
Condition report
L'œuvre semble être dans son état d'origine. Nous n'avons pas décelé des traces de restaurations
Le support est légèrement bombé
Légère ondulation naturelle du papier qui semble indiquer qu'il n'est pas contrecollé dans son intégralité
Oxydation de l'ensemble (oxydation normal liée au temps avec traces de jaunissement au niveau de la colle autour du Jet d'eau et des tâches d'oxydation brunâtres dans le ciel et les bordures)