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2004réf. 211829Koln and New York: Taschen 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. Number 165 from an edition of 1000 special copies. Text English French and German by Ernst Beyeler. Features a look at the conception and execution of this project and with a glossary and chronology and other information. Includes numerous illustrations and a swatch of the cloth that was used. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine illustrated slipcase and in a fine example of the publisher's printed cardboard box. Signed by Christo Jeanne-Claude and Wolfgang Volz on the limitation page and with a laid in color image that has been also signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Image is in fine condition and in a transluscent enclosure. This item is very heavy and will require extra shipping for international orders. Taschen unknown books
1978réf. 212295np: np 1978. Poster that measures 38.5" wide by 24.25" high. Reproduces one of the drawings by Christo and Jeanne-Claude for this massive project to cover the building where the German legistature meets. Poster is very near fine condition with some very minute wear. Signed by Christo at the bottom right corner. Will be shipped rolled. np unknown books
1982réf. 205198np: CVJ Corporation 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Features text in English and Arabic. Includes 15 tipped in color plates several black and white illustrations and a chronology. A fine copy in cloth boards with a tipped in color plate affixed to the rear cover. No dust jacket as issued. CVJ Corporation unknown books
1981réf. 206553Koln: Museum Ludwig 1981. First edition. Softcover. 142 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 25 through November 15 1981. Text in German. Features contributions by Karl Ruhrberg & Klaus Gallwitz Evelyn Weiss and Gerhard Kolberg. Includes some color and numerous black and white illustrations biographical information and bibliography as well. A very good plus copy in wrappers with some minor wear and some bumping to the top right corner. Signed and inscribed by Christo in the year of publication. A very nice copy as the recipient was Tom Garver and his wife. Garver was a museum curator at various institutions and maintained a long relationship with Christo. Museum Ludwig unknown books
2005réf. 199683Koln: Taschen 2005. Softcover. 95 pages. Monograph on this massive public art project by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Features an introduction by Anne L. Strauss. Includes numerous photographs by Wolfgang Volz along with picture commentary by Jonathan Henery. A fine copy in French style wrappers. Taschen unknown books
1995réf. 200244Koln: Benedikt Taschen 1995. First edition thus. Softcover. 95 pages. Updated project book with text in English and German. A look at this long gestating project with numerous color and black and white illustrations. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Benedikt Taschen unknown books
2008réf. 51890Cologne: TASCHEN 2008. Near fine in near fine jacket. Signed first edition of this companion book to a traveling exhibition on the development of the noted environmental art duo's never-to-be-realized installation. Profusely illustrated with sketches photographs plans and more. 10.5'' x 11.25''. Original white paper boards blue-lettered front and spine. In original color pictorial jacket no price as issued. Off-white endpapers. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. 180 pages. Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude to half-title. Jacket with faint rubbing. Touch of offsetting to front board. Interior clean vibrant. TASCHEN unknown books
1966réf. 193084Minneapolis MN: Walker Art Center 1966. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a group show that ran October 22 through December 4 1966. Features introduction and essays on Donald Judd Robert Morris Lucas Samaras and H.C. Westerman by Martin Friedman. Also features Jan van der Marck's essays on Christo Claes Oldenburg George Segal and Ernst Trova. Includes black and white illustrations and informtion about each artist as well. A very good plus copy in wrappers that have some of the usual rubbing. Walker Art Center unknown books
1981réf. 180966La Jolla CA: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art 1981. First edition. Softcover. 141 pages. Catalog for a traveling exhibition that ran November 21 1981 through January 3 1982 in La Jolla and then went on to Calgary Hamilton Ontario and Madison WI for additional dates. Features a foreword by Sebastian J. Adler an introduction by Robert McDonald and an essay by Jan van der Marck. Includes numerous black and white and some color illustrations. An about fair copy in wrappers that are somewhat soiled with some edge wear creasing and some faint moisture staining as well. Signed by Christo on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. Uncommon thus. La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
2013réf. 175391Ostfildern Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag 2013. Third edition. Hardcover. 255 pages. A revised and updated version of this classic book. Introduction by Matthias Koddenberg. Includes numerous color and some black and white illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. An invaluable reference on these important artists. Hatje Cantz Verlag unknown books
1981réf. 118749La Jolla CA: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art 1981. First edition. Softcover. Catalog for a traveling exhibition that ran November 21 1981 through January 3 1982 in La Jolla and then went on to Calgary Hamilton Ontario and Madison WI for additional dates. Foreword by Sebastian J. Adler. Introduction by Robert McDonald. Essay by Jan van der Marck. Includes numerous black and white and some color illustrations. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers. La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
1968réf. 138495New York: Museum of Modern Art MOMA 1968. Vintage poster for an exhibition of work associated with an unrealized Christo project intended to wrap the New York Museum of Modern Art. INSCRIBED by the artist on the poster in orange crayon: "For Betsy Jones / Christo 1968." In early 1968 Christo and Jeanne-Claude proposed to wrap the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the adjoining sculpture garden to be accompanied by various works inside and outside the museum created by the artists as well. Though it would have been the first of the couple's wrapped public buildings MoMa's insurance company warned that coverage would cease immediately were the artists to begin wrapping the building and thus the project was shelved. MoMA countered by offering the artists this exhibition: a showcase of the preparatory scale models photomontages and drawings created for the project. Though Christo and Jeanne-Claude worked collaboratively from 1958 onwards only Christo was given artist credit until 1994 at which point he retroactively attributed the works to her as well. 22.5 x 32.5 inches folded on brown butcher paper as issued. Very Good plus with a couple of tiny chips to the top edge two tape repairs to the verso and a single pinhole tear. Museum of Modern Art [MOMA] unknown books
2004réf. UCORORP00drpBroadway Books 2004. Very Good. CORBETT CHRISTO. Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express. NY: Broadway Books 2004. 270pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: . Broadway Books paperback books
1969réf. 310984Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art 1969. 36 photographic postcards. 6 X 5 inches. Cardboard box with black-and-white photograph on cover signature on reverse glossy postcards inside. Box slightly faded worn and chipped at edges postcards also slightly faded but otherwise crisp. 36 photographic postcards. 6 X 5 inches. A box set of postcards documenting Christo's "Wrapped" installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 1969. With an inscription from Christo to Mrs Weitzen on the inside of the box's cover. "The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago was the first public building in the USA wrapped by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. In conjunction with the project the artists made a complementary work for the interior Wrapped Floor and Stairway. Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
1985réf. 74100NY: Pantheon 1985. First US edition. 88 pp. Light abrasion to first leaf else very near fine in near fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Abby Pollak. NY: Pantheon unknown books
1989réf. 22357Belgium: Guy Pieters Gallery 1989. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. SIGNED BOLDLY BY CHRISTO on the half-title. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the catalogue based on the June-July 1989 exhibition held at Belgium's Guy Pieters Gallery. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Text by Masahiko Yanagi picture commentary by Susan Astwood photographs by Wolfgang Volz. Guy Pieters Gallery unknown books
2014réf. 603298Cape Town South Africa: University of the Western Cape 2014. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Slim octavo. 23pp. Illustrated with two group portraits featuring Desmond Tutu. Stapled wrappers. Fine. With a program for the launch event laid in. University of the Western Cape unknown books
1981réf. 20161981. Javacheff Christo Vladimirov. Signed "Christo" 1981 connects directly to the artist's mature period of large-scale environmental art when Christo and Jeanne-Claude were developing temporary public works that changed how museums governments landscapes and mass audiences engaged with contemporary art. Christo was born in Gabrovo Bulgaria in 1935 later worked with Jeanne-Claude on projects including Running Fence The Pont Neuf Wrapped Wrapped Reichstag and The Gates and became known for temporary installations shaped by planning negotiation landscape fabric and public access. Signed artifact dated 1981 bearing Christo's hand-signed "Christo." The year places the piece after Running Fence in California and before Surrounded Islands in Miami within the period when the artist's project drawings signatures and related documentary materials circulated as lasting records of works designed to be temporary. Signed and dated in Christo's hand with no noted wear near fine. A concise autograph document from a major figure in environmental and site-specific art useful for documenting the artist's public identity and the material traces of an intentionally ephemeral practice. unknown books
2009réf. 12525Boston MA: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences 2009. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. Original Wraps. With posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver's incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Light shelfwear else tight bright and unmarred. 8vo. xi 569pp. index illus b/w charts. Original color glossy wrappers. Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences unknown books
1998réf. 51723Knokke-Zoute Belgium: Guy Pieters Gallery 1998. First edition. Softcover. Fine. 2 small square quartos 9-1/2". Unpaginated. Color printed stiffened wrappers with white spines lettered in black. Both volumes housed in publisher's white slipcase lettered in black. Illustrated throughout with color drawings black & white photos and maps. Both volumes signed on the first leaf by Christo and Jeanne Claude. A fine as new set. Contents: 1 The gates : project for Central Park New York City -- 2 Over the river : project for the Arkansas River state of Colorado. Guy Pieters Gallery unknown books
réf. 140949112Cologne: Taschen 1996. First Edition. Fine. Deluxe first edition "Special Edition" with fabric swatch mounted to back pastedown. 696 pp. profusely illustrated with color photographs. Oblong quarto bound in publisher's silver cloth lettered in blue on spine. Fine. Housed in the original slipcase printed paper and silver cloth with spot of soiling to upper edge. The story of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 24-year quest to wrap Germany's historic parliament building in woven silvery cloth held with blue rope. The two artists were known for their monumental fabric installations of which this was the most iconic. The installation subverted the imposing dignity of the famous building a Neo-Renaissance behemoth left in ruins by the Battle for Berlin in 1945. The building was stripped and restored by the West German government during the 1960s then further repaired and crowned with a new glass dome in time for the new millennium. Before the new construction began Christo and Jeanne-Claude finally gained permission to wrap the building after decades of lobbying. The effort was seen as a symbol of reunification drawing millions of Germans to physically interact with what would once more be the seat of their government for the first time since 1933. Taschen unknown books
1990réf. 140947012New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1990. First Edition. First edition. Signed by Christo on the half title page. 588 pp. Bound in publisher's greige cloth with spine lettered in gilt; housed in a cloth covered slipcase with pictorial onlay lettered in white. Fine with light pilling to cloth with slight smudging to signature in a Near Fine slipcase with light rubbing to edges. A complete documentation of the environmental artist's controversial temporary installation. The project was completed in 1985 by over three hundred professional workers who wrapped shimmering sandstone colored fabric over Paris' oldest standing bridge. The celestial like installation was met with over three million visitors during the fourteen day exhibition. Harry N. Abrams, Inc unknown books
2005réf. 1410893Cologne: Taschen 2005. Hors de Commerce Edition #4105/5000. Hardcover. Quarto 968 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good slipcase. Housed in Very Good publisher's branded cardboard box. Slipcase bound in paper with gray cloth. Mild shelf wear to slipcase scuffing to bottom. Book bound in gray cloth with orange lettering on spine. Text block clean. Text block sunken from spine. Includes woven fabric from the artwork. Signed and dated by Christo Jeanne-Claude and Volz on tipped-in page. Shelved in Case 13. Christo and Jeanne-Claude were a collaborative pair of artists as well as married couple. The pair are known for large-scale environmental installations. The installations were site-specific meaning the work was designed for the location or landscape; the installations meaning is derived from the relationship between installation and location. First developed in 1976 The Gates debuted in February of 2005 due to the project being rejected by New York City government. The "gates" hold structural similarities to Japanese torii gates upon entering Shinto shrines. The installation consisted of 7503 16-foot-high vinyl gates with orange nylon fabric panels stretching 23 miles of Central Parks walkways. The piece was assembled by thousands of paid workers and remained up for 16 days before removal all materials were then recycled. 1410893. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Taschen hardcover books
2008réf. 1400220Hong Kong: Taschen 2008. Hardcover. Quarto oblong 180 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is blue with white print. Dust jacket has slight edgewear. Boards in white paper with blue print. Illustrated: b&w and color. Signed in ink by the artists on the half-title page. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Office Case #1. 1400220. FP New Rockville Stock. Taschen hardcover books
2001réf. 202008Koln: Taschen 2001. VG: Exlibrary book. Ownership stamps on the half-title page on the back free end page and on top and bottom text blocks. Stickers on inside back cover and due date card pasted onto the back flap. A very shiny silver softcover book with French folds. The title is embossed in blue on the front cover and down the spine. The front and back covers also feature a pictoral illustration. Pages: 3 4-86 Unnumbered ~70. Filled with many full color illustrations. Text in in English with some sections translated to German. In 1995 Christo and Jeanne-Claude completed the wrapping of the German Parliament-the Reichstag-after 24 years. This book and accompanying exhibition follows the 24-year project. Taschen paperback books
