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Modern & Contemporary Art - Auction ends: April 15, 2026 from 3:00 pm

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Christo
Wrapped Bridge (Pont Alexandre III), 1973
Collage
Starting bid:
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34
Christo
Wrapped Bridge (Pont Alexandre III), 1973
Collage
Starting bid:
€ 18,000
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
End: 04-15-26 15:16:00 Berlin
04-15-26 09:16:00 New York
04-15-26 06:16:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 16h:09m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request) and droit de suite charge without VAT.
Self pick-up: free of charge,
insured shipping:
within Germany 116,18 €,
within the EU countries 187,52 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.


Christo
1935 - 2020
Wrapped Bridge (Pont Alexandre III). 1973.
Collage.
Signed and dated in the center left, titled and inscribed along the center of the image: “Wrapped Bridge (Project for ‘Le Pont Alexandre III - Des Invalides 1900 in Paris’) using woven nylon polyamide and Dacron rope.”. 56 x 71 cm (22 x 27.9 in).
[AR].

• Draft for the planned yet never realized covering of the Pont Alexandre III, Paris.
• Just two years later, they successfully covered another historic bridge, the Pont Neuf in Paris.
• From the early days of the progressive artist couple's first major projects.
• During their lifetime, they financed their artistic independence with collages and drawings, which today are lasting testimonies to their influential work.

PROVENANCE: Annely Juda Fine Art, London (with a label on the reverse side of the frame).
Private collection, southern Germany.

In good condition. Slightly browned overall, somewhat more so along the edges of the image. With isolated studio marks and some adhesive residue, slightly yellowed. Unframed (dimensions with frame: 75.5 x 90.5 cm).