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Christo (1935–2020), born in Bulgaria, studied at Sofia’s Academy of Fine Arts before settling in Paris in 1958. There he met Jeanne-Claude, with whom he would develop large-scale interventions. His early experiments included objects wrapped in cloth or plastic; wrapping subsequently became a means of temporarily transforming the perception of a monument. Based in New York from 1964, Christo and Jeanne-Claude realised projects including the wrapped Pont-Neuf in Paris in 1985 and the wrapped Reichstag in Berlin in 1995. The Gates occupied Central Park in February 2005. Preparatory drawings and collages accompanied these projects, including Running Fence. Christo also conceived Big Air Package, presented inside Oberhausen’s Gasometer in 2013 and realised without Jeanne-Claude.
This profile brings together identity references for Christo and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Piguet · Sotheby’s · Germann · Lempertz · Dobiaschofsky
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Charcoal on paper
Farmers resting in a field (study for an oil painting)
Kohle auf Papier
Auction date : 2025-05-31
Published result : 10080 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 8000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Christo (1935–2020), Wrapped Reichstag (Project for Berlin). Signed Christo and dated 1995 lower left; signed and dated 1995 on the reverse. Collage, pencil, enamel, photograph, crayon, charcoal and fabric sample. 56 × 35.5 cm (22 × 14 in.). Executed in 1995.
Wrapped Reichstag (Project for Berlin)
Christo 1935 - 2020 Wrapped Reichstag (Project for Berlin) signed Christo and dated 1995 (lower left); signed and dated 1995 (on the reverse) collage, pencil, enamel, photo, crayon, charcoal, fabric sample 56 by 35.5 cm. 22 by 14 in. Executed in 1995.
Catalogue period : 2023-12-05 — 2023-12-12
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : 30000 – 50000 CHF
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Graphite, ink and collage on paper
"Running Fence"
mine de plomb, encre et collage sur papier
Catalogue period : 2022-03-01 — 2022-03-16
Published result : 15000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 15000–25000
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Oil on canvas
Ohne Titel
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2020-06-20
Published result : 25000 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 8000
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Oil on cardboard
Rade de Genève
huile sur carton
Catalogue period : 2016-12-14
Published result : 6500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Bleistift, Kreide und Stoff auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Bleistift, Kohle, Stoff und Garn auf Karton.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
View the lot at the auction house ↗Oil on canvas
Bildnis eines sitzenden Knaben.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 3800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000
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Mixed media, graphite pencil, textile, string and oil pastel on cardboard
"Le Jet d'eau Wrapped"
technique mixte, crayon de graphite, textile, ficelle et pastel gras sur carton
Catalogue period : 2021-03-17
Published result : 100000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 100000–150000
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Oil pastel
The Pont-Neuf Wrapped (Project for Paris)
pastel gras
Lot groupé — prix global
Catalogue period : 2025-12-10
Group lot — total price
Published result : 150000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 150000–250000
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