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Etching Maquette for Wrapped Venus, project for Villa Borghese, Rome
Christo (American, 1935–2020) · 1974
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £30,000 – £40,000 (≈ $46,461 – $61,948) (≈ €34,868 – €46,490)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “etching, ebony pencil, transparent tape, white Prismacolour pencil, collage element in cut Japanese paper on handmade paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Christo signature
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- 71.5 x 56 cm (28 1/8 x 22 in)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (UK010213)
- Date
- February 15, 2013
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 193
- Estimate
- £30,000 – £40,000 (≈ $46,461 – $61,948) (≈ €34,868 – €46,490)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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