Christo [SIGNED]

Bourdon, David

ISBN 10: 0810900513 / ISBN 13: 9780810900516

Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, 1970

About this Item

321 pages 320 illustrations 84 in color. Foxing to the edges with tanning to the front free endpaper. [SIGNED] Inscription from the artist to the gallery dealer Louise Ferrari on front free endpaper, "For Louise Ferrari Christo New York February 24, 1972".

Seller Inventory # 001560

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Christo [SIGNED]
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810900513
• ISBN 13: 9780810900516
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by the Artist
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art: Sculpture
  • Art: Monographs

About this title

Synopsis

NY Abrams 1969 1st Edition Cream Cloth Hardcover with what looks like pencil sketches on cover. Oblong 4to. N.d. (1969). 321 pp. 320 illustrations, 84 of them in colour.

From Publishers Weekly

Christo's art is a paradox. Massive yet delicate, even evanescent, his projects built of plastics and metals look like naturalistic interventions in the "real" world. Running Fence , a ribbon of mother-of-pearl-colored nylon fabric, responds to the changing light as it stretches across countless miles in California. When Bulgarian-born Christo Javacheff wraps a motorcycle, an armchair or an entire building in tarpaulin or plastic, the act of wrapping seems simultaneously to conceal, enshrine, bury and iconize the object. In this attractively illustrated showcase, art historian Vaizey interprets Christo's productions as theater and public performance: he has erected cheerfully painted Pop storefronts and a wall of empty oil barrels; he has wrapped a Paris bridge in shimmering golden fabric. A joint Japan-U.S. Christo project, previewed in the book, will set thousands of blue-and-yellow umbrellas bobbing across parks and fields.
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