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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
1998BN100031Köln ; Lisboa ; London ; New York ; Paris ; Tokyo : Taschen 1998. 1998. Wrapped trees : Fondation Beyeler and Berower Park Riehen Basel Switzerland 1997 - 1998. "Signiertes Exemplar" Von Christo und Jean Claude signiert. - bulgarisch-amerikanischer Aktionskünstler Christo 1934-2020 und seiner Frau Jeanne-Claude 1935-2009 and Jeanne-Claude. Photogr. and picture notes by Wolfgang and Sylvia Volz. Engl. transl. by Ingrid Taylor. French transl.by Martine Passelaigue <br/><br/>Wrapped trees : Fondation Beyeler and Berower Park Riehen Basel Switzerland 1997 - 1998. "Signiertes Exemplar" Von Christo und Jean Claude signiert. - bulgarisch-amerikanischer Aktionskünstler Christo 1934-2020 und seiner Frau Jeanne-Claude 1935-2009 and Jeanne-Claude. Photogr. and picture notes by Wolfgang and Sylvia Volz. Engl. transl. by Ingrid Taylor. French transl.by Martine Passelaigue Köln ; Lisboa ; London ; New York ; Paris ; Tokyo : Taschen unknown
1996SONG3822892688Taschen 1996-12-01. First Softbound Edition. paperback. Used: Good. 11.50x1.75x10.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Taschen paperback
1996DADAX3822892688Taschen 1996-12-01. First Softbound Edition. paperback. New. 11.50x1.75x10.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Taschen paperback
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
19961343560New York: Taschen 1996. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Square Quarto; VG; in blue pictorial paper wraps blue titling to spine; mild shelfwear and rubbing;<br /> <br /> inscribed by Christo and Jean Claude in blue to the half-title dated December 2003; shelved case 11. 1343560. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Taschen unknown
1978212295np: 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
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
1995114457Cologne: Taschen 1995. 95 pages illustrations some colour; 23 cm. Text in English and German. Photographs by Wolfgang Volz. SIGNED. Boldly signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude on the half-title page no dedication. A near fine copy age toning. One of the great site-specific art projects of the 20th century. SIGNED. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. Collectible. Taschen Paperback
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
1969016264Minneapolis Minnesota: Contemporary Art Lithographers 1969. EX-LIBRARY. Good in a Good dust jacket. Withdrawn stamp on the front and rear endpapers and a few other library markings. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original pictorial cloth. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart clear-plastic sleeve that is taped to the front and rear covers leaving tape shadows on the endpapers. Oblong Hardcover. 10.75" wide by 8.5" tall. From the title page: "Alcorso-Sekers Scholarship Sydney -- Aspen Center of Contemporary Art Aspen Colorado. Co-ordinator John Kaldor." Includes a 28-page introduction with maps and facsimiles of numerous letters and documents. The rest of the book consists of 191 mostly full page b&w photographs by Shunk-Kender. First Edition. Hardcover. Good EX-LIBRARY/Good dust jacket. Illus. by Shunk-Kender photography. Unpaged approx. 220 pages. Contemporary Art Lithographers Hardcover
197848765New York.: Abrams Original Editions. 1978. Wrapped as issued. 4to. 349 x 254 mm. The book Modern Art by Sam Hunter and John Jacobus wrapped in transparent plastic with twine and cord signed and numbered by Christo on the rear wrapping. A scarce presentation copy of Christo's book object multiple.From the edition limited to 140 copies with this one of 20 artist's proof copies signed and numbered in Roman numerals by Christo in black ink to the rear wrapping and with a presentation: 'for Ken'.Schellmann / Benecke 95. Abrams Original Editions. unknown
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
1998G0883630230I3N00Universe 1998. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Universe hardcover
1995411752-YB13Kampen : Kok Lyra 1995. Hardcover. Good. Originele geïllustreerde hardcover illustraties waaronder foto's in z/w 8vo. Kampen : Kok Lyra hardcover
197390684Giampaolo Prearo Editore 1973. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Italian edition in English with some Italian. Photographs by Harry Shunk. Has original clear plastic dust jacket. Covers mildly edgeworn. Original pice ofthe curtain sewn inside. Giampaolo Prearo Editore hardcover
199185888San Francisco.: Bedford Arts 1991. Gebunden. Bedford Arts unknown
19892547Knokke-Zoute Guy Pieters Gallery 1989 1989. First edition. Signed in brown pastel crayon by Christo with his distinctive signature. From the introduction Masahiko Yanagi describes this work as follows: "In December 1984 amidst final preparations for The Pont Neuf Unwrapped Paris 1975-1985 Christo created several drawings of imagined umbrellas set in an anonymous landscape. Thus began The Umbrellas Joint Project for Japan and USA in which the artist is endeavouring to temporarily install 3000 giant octagonal umbrellas simultaneously in two sites one in Ibaraki Japan and the other in California USA. If we try to locate The Umbrellas within the spectrum of Christos's creative efforts it can be considered as rural rather than urban and among his constructed rather than wrapped temporary works of art". This is in very good condition with some slight tears to the bottom of the front cover. A rare copy and very scarce signed by Christo. Knokke-Zoute Guy Pieters Gallery 1989 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
19912887811991. unbound. very good. Map. Lithograph. 22" x 27.5". Includes two swatches of cloth used in the project yellow and blue. In very good condition with original folds. Souvenir flyer 1991.<br/> <br/> Map to accompany Christo and Jean-Claude's monumental 1991 installation 'The Umbrellas Japan and USA' wherein thousands of large umbrellas were widely dispersed in Ibaraki and California for a period of three weeks. Map shows the location of the installations and how to get there. One side shows the Californian location in yellow the other shows the location of the work in Ibaraki in blue. In Japanese and English.<br/> <br/> unknown
198095007New York: Harry N. Abrams 1980. Soft cover. Good/No jacket. Revised edition. Inscribed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude on title page.<br /> <br /> Binding glue exposed between covers and first and last pages but covers remain attached to spine and binding itself is tight. Pages are lightly tanned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Harry N. Abrams unknown
197788088Paris: Editions du Chêne 1977. Fine. Editions du Chêne Paris 1977 22.50 x 21 cm reliure de l'éditeur Bilingual edition illustrated with photographs by Wolfgang Volz. Text by Werner Spies. Publisher's full grey cloth binding smooth spine. Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has small losses to the film coating. Editions du Chêne hardcover
1985574Köln: Benedikt Taschen 1985. First edition. Upper right corner broken otherwise in fine condition. First edition. 112 × 160 mm. Signed postcard by Christo and Jeanne-Claude of the wrapped Pont-Neuf for what they used 40876 square meter of fabric and 13 kilometre of rope. The wrapping began in August 1985 and completed in September after nine years of negotiations with the mayor of Paris. Benedikt Taschen unknown
199958120The Museum of Modern Art New York 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 28 x 23.5 cm. Quarto. 296. The Museum of Modern Art, New York hardcover
1991AOVe[KOV55London: Cromwell Editions K & M 1991. 1991. oblong 4to. pp. 163. 162 illus. many colour. index. cloth. dw. First Edition of the English Translation. F. Hardcover. London: Cromwell Editions, K & M, [1991]. Hardcover
