Nouveau Réalisme (i.e. Chr. Javacheff) Christ 10 Million Oil Drums Wall, Project for the Suez Canal. (5 serigraphs) 1972. 3 colour serigraphs and 2 b/w serigraphs after a photograph and a map respectively. Each on Bristol board. Sheet dimensions 70.5 x 55.3 cm each. 2 colour serigraphs each signed and numbered or inscribed "A/P". - Edges bumped. Light stains and traces of storage in places, also verso. Partial slight paper abrasion as trace of former mounting. Good overall. Excellent impressions of the full-format depictions. Schellmann 56 - 58 - 1 sheet one of 5 artist's proofs outside the edition, 1 sheet one of 70 copies. - Without the text sheet by Werner Spies and the cassette. - Published by Fischer Fine Art, London. - Printed by Hans-Peter Haas, Stuttgart. - The idea for the project arose in 1967 in connection with the Egyptian-Israeli Six-Day War, which also centred geographically around the strategically important Suez Canal. Christo's idea was to arrange a wall of floating oil drums that would block the canal and lead to a de-escalation between the Israeli forces on the one side and the Egyptian and Yemeni soldiers on the other. 10 Million Oil Drums Wall, Project for the Suez Canal (5 silkscreens). With 3 colour silkscreens and 2 b/w silkscreens after a photograph resp. a map. Each on Bristol board. 2 colour silkscreens each signed and numbered resp. inscribed "A/P". - Edges somewhat bumped. Some spots and storage traces in places, also on the verso. There partially slight paper abrasion as trace of a former mounting. All in all good. Excellent impressions of the full-sized depictions. - 1 work one of 5 artist's proofs outside the edition, 1 work one of 70 copies. - Without the text sheet by Werner Spies and the portfolio. - Published by Fischer Fine Art, London. - Printed by Hans-Peter Haas, Stuttgart. - The idea for the project arose in 1967 in the context of the Egyptian-Israeli Six-Day War, which also flared up geographically around the strategically important Suez Canal. Christo's idea was to arrange a wall of floating oil barrels that would block the canal and lead to a de-escalation between the Israeli forces on one side and the Egyptian and Yemeni soldiers on the other. 1500