Lot 292 
292
Christo
The Umbrellas. Project for Japan and Western USA, 1986.
Chalk drawing
Estimate:
€ 38,000 / $ 42,940 Sold:
€ 46,360 / $ 52,386 (incl. surcharge)
The Umbrellas. Project for Japan and Western USA. 1986.
Color Chalk drawing, pencil and gouache with textile collage. On thin board, originally mounted on stretcher and mounted in plexiglass object box.
Signed and dated lower left. Multiple inscriptions. 66,5 x 77 x 2 cm (26,1 x 30,3 x 0,7 in).
PROVENANCE: Obelisk Gallery, Boston/Massachusetts (verso with label).
In October 1991, more than 3,000 oversized umbrellas are simultaneously stretched in California and Japan at sunrise. For the scant, dry landscape in California Christo chose yellow, for the water-rich and intensively agricultural nature in Japan he chose a blue fabric. With this major project Christo wanted to reflect the intercultural similarities and differences in lifestyle, the landscape’s seasonal colors and lights of these two valleys. The numerous drawings created in the preparation of the project are evidence of Christos reflection of Asian art. Clearly visible, he uses typical elements such as "bold views, unusual image sections form densities in selected, few details" all in the spirit of decorative Japanese landscape painting. (Hans Dieter Erbsmehl in: exhibition cat Christo und Jeanne-Claude, Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin 1995, p. 52). [CB].
Color Chalk drawing, pencil and gouache with textile collage. On thin board, originally mounted on stretcher and mounted in plexiglass object box.
Signed and dated lower left. Multiple inscriptions. 66,5 x 77 x 2 cm (26,1 x 30,3 x 0,7 in).
PROVENANCE: Obelisk Gallery, Boston/Massachusetts (verso with label).
In October 1991, more than 3,000 oversized umbrellas are simultaneously stretched in California and Japan at sunrise. For the scant, dry landscape in California Christo chose yellow, for the water-rich and intensively agricultural nature in Japan he chose a blue fabric. With this major project Christo wanted to reflect the intercultural similarities and differences in lifestyle, the landscape’s seasonal colors and lights of these two valleys. The numerous drawings created in the preparation of the project are evidence of Christos reflection of Asian art. Clearly visible, he uses typical elements such as "bold views, unusual image sections form densities in selected, few details" all in the spirit of decorative Japanese landscape painting. (Hans Dieter Erbsmehl in: exhibition cat Christo und Jeanne-Claude, Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin 1995, p. 52). [CB].
292
Christo
The Umbrellas. Project for Japan and Western USA, 1986.
Chalk drawing
Estimate:
€ 38,000 / $ 42,940 Sold:
€ 46,360 / $ 52,386 (incl. surcharge)
Headquarters
Joseph-Wild-Str. 18
81829 Munich
Phone: +49 89 55 244-0
Fax: +49 89 55 244-177
info@kettererkunst.de
Louisa von Saucken / Christoph Calaminus
Holstenwall 5
20355 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 37 49 61-0
Fax: +49 40 37 49 61-66
infohamburg@kettererkunst.de
Dr. Simone Wiechers / Nane Schlage
Fasanenstr. 70
10719 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 88 67 53-63
Fax: +49 30 88 67 56-43
infoberlin@kettererkunst.de
Cordula Lichtenberg
Gertrudenstraße 24-28
50667 Cologne
Phone: +49 221 510 908-15
infokoeln@kettererkunst.de
Hessen
Rhineland-Palatinate
Miriam Heß
Phone: +49 62 21 58 80-038
Fax: +49 62 21 58 80-595
infoheidelberg@kettererkunst.de
We will inform you in time.