Christo - Mein Kölner Dom, Wrapped - image-1

Lot 188 D

Christo - Mein Kölner Dom, Wrapped

Auction 1162 - overview Cologne
08.12.2020, 18:00 - Evening Sale - Modern and Contemporary Art
Estimate: 100.000 € - 150.000 €
Result: 118.750 € (incl. premium)

Christo

Mein Kölner Dom, Wrapped
1992

Pencil, charcoal, pastels, wax crayon, photocopy, cloth, thread, and map on card on wood. 56 x 71 cm. Framed under plexiglass. Signed, dated, and titled 'Mein Kölner Dom, Wrapped (Project For Cologne-Germany) Christo 1992' and additional information. Signed '© Christo 1992' verso on wood. - Traces of studio.

The present work is the reference for the edition of the same name from 1992, published by Edition Torsten Lilja, Stockholm (Schellmann/Koddenberg 161).

'Christo's wrapping initiates the quest for a "lost" reality. And even in those places where a wrapping action falls through or can't be realised, thus remaining in the state of preparatory drawings and collages, "reality" already has an impact. It is reality after all which makes something "real" or not. Christo's art refers to reality right from the outset. The artist explores the reality of everyday life, a reality that has a past and will have a future and his art urges this comprehension.' (Gerhard Kolberg, Christos Zeichnungen, in: Christo, Projekte in der Stadt 1961 - 1981, exhib.cat. Museum Ludwig, Cologne 1981, p.25). A special affinity to the city of Cologne already exists since 1961, when Christo and Jeanne-Claudes' first joint project Stacked Oil Barrels and Dockside Packages was created in the harbour.
In 1980, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the completion of Cologne Cathedral, Christo developed first ideas on the wrapping of the cathedral which are presented on the occasion of the exhibition 'Zeitgenössische Künstler sehen den Kölner Dom' at Kölnischer Kunstverein. In 1992, Christo takes up the idea to wrap the cathedral with Mein Kölner Dom, Wrapped once again. His shrouding of Cologne Cathedral is an intentional concept right from the outset encountering its most concrete form of realisation in our collaged version with cloth and thread.

Certificate

Accompanied by a written confirmation from Studio Christo, New York, via email dated 29.03.2017.

Provenance

private collection, Hesse