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104218Köln Taschen 2017. Quer-4° 844 S. zahlr. farb. Abb. OLwd. in Kart.-Schmuckschuber in Kart-Transportkoffer. Verlagsfrisch. Von Christo und Volz a. Schmutztitel signiert. Nr. 52 von 1000 Exempl.Text engl.- For sixteen days—June 18 through July 3 2016—Italy's Lake Iseo was reimagined. 100000 square meters 1 million square feet of shimmering yellow fabric carried by a modular floating dock system of 220000 high-density polyethylene cubes undulated with the movement of the waves as The Floating Piers rose just above the surface of the water.Visitors were able to experience the work of art by walking on it from Sulzano to Monte Isola and to the island of San Paolo which was framed by The Floating Piers. The mountains surrounding the lake offered a bird's-eye view of The Floating Piers exposing unnoticed angles and altering perspectives. Lake Iseo is located 100 kilometers 62 miles east of Milan and 200 kilometers 124 miles west of Venice."Like all our projects The Floating Piers was absolutely free and open to the public" said Christo. "There were no tickets no openings no reservations and no owners. The Floating Piers were an extension of the street and belonged to everyone."A 3-kilometer-1.9-mile-long walkway was created as The Floating Piers extended across the water of Lake Iseo. The piers were 16 meters 52.5 feet wide and approximately 35 centimeters 13.8 inches high with sloping sides. The fabric continued along 2.5 kilometers 1.6 miles of pedestrian streets in Sulzano and Peschiera Maraglio."Those who experienced The Floating Piers felt like they were walking on water—or perhaps the back of a whale" said Christo. "The light and water transformed the bright yellow fabric to shades of red and gold throughout the sixteen days." 010 Köln, Taschen, 2017 unknown
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1968138495New 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."<br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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
197548687Munich.: Heinz Moos Verlag. 1975. Original publisher's spiral bound red printed boards with an image of Joseph Beuys in a dug-out canoe. Folio. 420 x 320 mm. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. A scarce and highly engaging art calendar an excellent document of time and place.Richly illustrated with over 100 images documenting in detail art and art-actions in the Federal Republic of Germany in the mid-1970s. Cover reproduces an image of Joseph Beuys being rowed in a dug-out canoe across the Rhine at Düsseldorf in 1974.Among the illustrated works is Christo's 'Packing Monschau Castle' work 1971 as well as Rebecca Horn’s 'Mechanical Body Fan' 1973. Heinz Moos Verlag. hardcover
149052Saint-Paul de Vence: Fondation Maeght 2016. First edition of this striking bold photography work done by Christo et Jeanne-Claude. Quarto original publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy inscribed by the author "Madame For Madeleine with love August 30 2016 NY." The recipient Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit Albright coined the “3 Ds†of NATO “which is no diminution of NATO no discrimination and no duplication – because I think that we don’t need any of those three “Ds†to happen.†After her tenure as Secretary of State she served as chair of the consulting Albright Stonebridge Group and was the Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. For Albright’s contributions to foreign policy and relations that defined a century President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. In fine condition. Bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.†Barils Barrels by Christo and Jeanne-Claude is a visual and conceptual exploration of the artists' iconic environmental works focusing specifically on their use of barrels in large-scale installations. The book showcases the couple's innovative approach to public art where everyday objects are transformed into monumental thought-provoking forms that engage with their surroundings. Christo and Jeanne-Claude are renowned for wrapping objects and landscapes in fabric and in this work their use of barrels serves as both a commentary on industrialization and a symbol of containment and transformation. The book not only documents the artistic process behind these installations but also reflects on the broader implications of their environmental art in terms of space perception and the interaction between art and public life. Through striking visuals and critical insight Barils Barrels emphasizes the artists’ ability to challenge conventional understandings of art encouraging viewers to rethink the relationship between art nature and society. Fondation Maeght unknown
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. <br /> <br /> <p>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
195263426Paris: Les Editeurs Français Réunis 1952. Fine. Les Editeurs Français Réunis Paris 1952 12 x 19 cm broché First edition on current paper of the French translation and adaptation established by Paul Eluard. Biography of the Bulgarian poet by Elsa Triolet. Two tears glued to the back of the head yellowed paper. Precious autograph dedication signed Paul Eluard: ""A Valentine Hugo my friend sic"". Les Editeurs Français Réunis unknown
1996165876Cologne: Taschen 1996. First edition first printing no. 432 of 700 copies signed by the artists and photographer with a sample of the original cloth used to wrap the Reichstag laid into the back paste down. Quarto. Colour and monochrome illustrations throughout mostly full page. Original photographic grey silk covered boards lettering to spine in blue with the pictorial slipcase. Fine in fine slipcase. hardcover
19961410891Cologne: Taschen 1996. Hors de Commerce Edition #228/700. Hardcover. Quarto 700 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus slip case. Book held in Good plus publisher branded cardboard box. Slip case bound in paper with silver metallic fabric. Light shelf wear to case small areas of bumping chipping and staining. Book bound in metallic silver fabric with blue lettering on spine. Light scratching on back board. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Text block sunken from spine. Includes piece of fabric from original art piece bound into back board. Signed and numbered by Christo and Jeanne-Claude on tipped in page. Shelved --. Christo and Jeanne-Claude were a pair of artists who designed coordinated and funded large-scale environmental art installations. Active since the 1960s Reichstag Wrapped in 1995 was one of their crowning achievements. Christo described the piece their physical wrapping in the Reichstag building in a fabric made of aluminum-coated propylene as autobiographical. He related the wrapping to the reunification of Berlin and the importance of that act to Eastern Europeans. The wrapping of the Reichstag building also represented the return of Berlin to center of the art and political world. Chicago Tribune 1986. 1410891. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Taschen hardcover
200587616Koln:: Taschen. Near Fine. 2005. Hardcover. 3822835625 . Color and black and white photographs by Wolfgang Volz throughout. Picture notes by Jonathan Henery. Limited edition: this copy is number 1595 of 5000 copies. SIGNED by Christo Jeanne-Claude and Wolfgang Volz. Previous owner's book-plate on front free endpaper else about fine in a fine pictoral slipcase. ; 968 pages . Taschen, hardcover
1972177162New York: Harry N. Abrams 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 15 X 1 X 11 inches; 321 pages. Harry N. Abrams hardcover
1969310984Chicago: 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.<br /> <br /> "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
2005327003Cologne: Taschen 2005. Limited. hardcover. fine. Christo & Jeanne-Claude. Color and black & white illustrations throughout. 968 pages. Thick oblong 4to gray cloth pictorial board slipcase. Cologne: Taschen 2005. Limited deluxe collector's edition. A fine copy in a fine slipcase.<br/> <br/> Inscribed and signed by both the artist and Jeanne-Claude on the limitation page. Number 1186 from a total printing of 5000.<br/> <br/> Taschen unknown
196332160Düsseldorf/London 1963. A sharp print with only minor edge-wear; Wilp's studio stamp to verso along with bold manuscript title in black ink. Vintage gelatin silver print 8.5 x 11.5 inches with matte finish. German Pop-adjacent artist Charles Wilp generated some of the most avant-garde European advertising from the 1960s cf. Afri-Cola spots on Youtube while also producing artist's vinyl with the likes of Yves Klein. In 1963 he filmed Christo twice—in both Düsseldorf and London—as the latter continued with his Wrapped Women series which had some of its earliest iterations in Klein's Paris apartment. Rather than wrapping cars or oil barrels or architecture Christo here wrapped the nude female body; a practice that soon lead to some of his most stunning jewelry and fashion designs. The present photograph—rather abstract of the model's torso—most likely issues from the Düsseldorf performance of this work. Düsseldorf/London unknown
199818005Cologne: Taschen 1998. FIRST EDITION. Literally thousands of black and white and color photographic illustrations maps charts and sketches. Includes a swatch of both the blue and yellow umbrellas. Publisher’s cloth preserved in the original photographically-illustrated slipcase; an amazing set as new. First edition No. 1473 of 2500 copies signed by Christo Jeanne-Claude and Wolfgang Volz who took the photographs. This is the complete story of Christo’s Umbrella Project including diaries fact sheets and a full overview of the planning and execution of the project.<br /> <br /> The umbrellas were part of an international environmental art project by the husband and wife team of Christo and Jeanne-Claude spanning two continents eight years of planning and costing $26 million. Beginning in December 1990 on both Kern County’s Tejon Ranch and the rice paddies of Ibaraki Japan the team installed a total of over 3000 umbrellas blue ones in Japan and yellow ones in California each standing nearly 20 feet tall. The umbrellas were opened on October 9 1991. It was estimated that over three million people saw the exhibit during the very brief installation lasting less than three weeks. Taschen unknown
3032616 pieces:<br />            4 10 x 8 inch color photographs of the project by Wolfgang Volz. <br />            2 10 x 8 Volz color photos of drawings for the project.<br />            2 10 x 8 b & w photos of maps annotated with project locations<br />            Announcement for exhibition at Annely Juda Fine Art. 1988<br />            CHRISTO THE UMBRELLAS. Joint Project for Japan and The U.S.A. Tokyo: Satani Gallery 1988. Wrappers 67 pp. Japanese and English texts. Illustrated. Inscribed by Christo to Peter Selz and signed.<br />            Fact Sheet. 2 pp. Creased<br />            Project Notes. 2 pp. <br />            Press release for the opening. 1991<br />            Price list for the original preparation works<br />            Announcement for film exhibition at USC School of Fine Arts. 1990<br />            Bi-lingual guide with maps “How to Get to the Umbrellasâ€. Single folded sheet printed on both sides. 22 x 28 ill.  . unknown
108321London; Philadelphia; La Jolla; Köln Annely Juda Fine Art; Institute of Contemporary Art; La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art; Benedikt Taschen 1977; 1979; 1981; 1995. . First editions each signed by Christo; 4 vols 4to; numerous illustrations some in colour light age-toning to leaves; publisher's printed and pictorial wrappers slight edge-wear minor soiling otherwise a very good set.<br /> A set of four first edition Christo books each signed by Christo in ink on the title page or half-title.<br /> London; Philadelphia; La Jolla; Köln, Annely Juda Fine Art; Institute of Contemporary Art; La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art; unknown
1998240934Cologne: Taschen 1998. Limited. hardcover. fine. Christo & Jean-Claude. Profusely illustrated throughout in color and in black & white. Tall slim 4to grey cloth pictorial slipcase. Cologne: Taschen 1998. Artist's Edition with an additional signed photograph of the exhibit laid-in. Fine in fine slipcase.<br/> <br/> This copy numbered HC 121 of 300. Numbered signed and inscribed in pencil by Christo and Jeanne-Claude and of their Project Director Wolfgang Volz. Attached a piece of cloth that was used for the artwork. In the autumn of 1998 after the trees had dropped their leaves around the Fondation Beyeler and Berower park Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped 162 trees some up to 25 meters high. Text in English French and German.<br/> <br/> Taschen unknown
20051410893Cologne: 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
199618001Berlin: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH 1996. FIRST EDITION. Over 1300 full- and partial-page color photographic illustrations plus sketches maps plans blueprints and charts. At the back of the book is a sample of the actual fabric used to wrap the Reichstag. Original publisher's silver cloth author and title on spine; preserved in the original publisher’s slipcase as well as the original shipping box. Number 4317 of 5000 copies signed by Christo Jeanne-Claude and Wolfgang Volz the photographer. This book is a special presentation copy signed to Norm Applebaum and dated April 14 1997. First edition of this complete chronology of the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin. The environmental project first conceived of in 1971 was completed in June 1995. The Reichstag was the original home of the Imperial Diet of the German empire opened in 1894. After three rejections Christo and Jeanne-Claude were finally granted permits to wrap the building in 100000 square meters of silver fabric in 1994 and completed the draping of the building the following year. The project suffered numerous setbacks including inclement weather and huge cost increases. The project was finally completed on June 24 and remained open for 14 days.<br /> <br /> Christo described the Reichstag wrapping as autobiographical based on his Bulgarian upbringing. The wrapping became symbolic of unified Germany; the formal unification ceremony was held there in October 1990. The project truly marked Berlin's return as a world city. The process of the entire project documented with Volz’ pragmatic and insightful photographs is detailed throughout this wonderful book. <br /> <br /> Christo who passed away in May of this year at 84 was a Bulgarian-born conceptual artist who turned to epic-scale environmental works around the world. He is best known for wrapping everything from buildings to bridges islands and gates around the world in various types of fabric. Along with his wife Jeanne-Claude who passed away in 2009 they worked with hundreds of people on each project and paid for everything out of their own pocket mostly from the sale of artwork related to a specific project.<br /> <br /> Norm Applebaum who passed away in March of this year 2020 was a celebrated architect winner of the Robert Mosher Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. He is best known for his modernist designs of single-family homes the “quintessential California home.â€. Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH unknown
1990140947012New 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. <p>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
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2016Manohar-9780670088669Penguin Books 2016. Paperback. New. Penguin Books paperback
2016Manohar-9780670088669Penguin Books 2016. Paperback. New. Penguin Books paperback
188390420Athens: Perris Frères 1883. Fine. Perris Frères Athens 1883 16 x 24 cm Relié First edition. Bradel binding in modern paper-covered boards of grey-blue stock smooth spine lettered in black original wrappers preserved; binding signed Laurenchet. Label of the fishing library of M. Albert Petit pasted to the upper cover no. 100. The species are described in French with their Latin and Greek names. Stamp of the Société d'Acclimatation on the title-page. Perris Frères hardcover
