Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, New York, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
Librería: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 1st. 390 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Stated First St. Martin's Griffin Edition: January 2005. Remainder mark/tail edge. "For their sheer scale and breathtaking audacity, their works have made them among the most celebrated and controversial artists in the world. Valley Curtain stretched 1,250 feet across a valley in Rifle, Colorado. Wrapped Coast covered a mile and a half of Australian coastline with a million square feet of fabric. The Umbrellas deployed 3,100 umbrellas set in Japan and California, each nearly twenty feet tall. Surrounded Islands encircled eleven islands in Biscayne Bay, Florida with six and a half million square feet of bright pink fabric and Wrapped Reichstag enveloped the entire German parliament in shimmering silver fabric. For more than forty years, these and many other works by Christo and Jeanne-Claude have reconceived the art of the possible, turned natural and human monuments-streets, bridges, hills, trees, buildings, parks, and islands--into sculptures and paintings, and created dazzling new landscapes and startling new vistas. Often requiring years, even decades, of preparation and planning, these works-not merely feats of aesthetic daring but engineering and organizational marvels--exist for only a few weeks or less. Yet what makes these transient creations linger forever in the mind is their overwhelming and magisterial beauty. They are, in every sense, transformative, and, for the millions who have experienced them in person, unforgettable. Christo and Jeanne-Claude have been the frequent subjects of films, videos, catalogues, cartoons, monographs, exhibitions, and editorials. Until this biography by Burt Chernow, however, written with the full cooperation of the artists, nothing has connected the intimate details of their lives and the spectacular dimensions of their projects. Christo, the penniless Bulgarian refugee who made his way to Paris during the 1950s, and Jeanne-Claude, the socialite daughter of a prominent French general, seemed an unlikely couple, yet together they forged one of the most enduring partnerships in contemporary art. When they arrived in New York in 1964, Christo was already becoming well known in avant-garde circles for his wrappings of everyday objects Jeanne-Claude acted as manager, dealer, and accountant. Over time, as Chernow reveals, the fusion of their prodigious gifts-his drawings and her ability to draw things together-produced the works for which today they are known the world over. Chernow recounts their rise from relative obscurity to international renown, revealing both the sources of their art and the heights to which it has quite literally aspired. An epilogue by Wolfgang Volz, a longtime and close collaborator of the artists, as well as their exclusive photographer, provides a fascinating insider's view of what it is like to work, and dream, with them. Christo and Jeanne-Claude is an indelible portrait of the artists and their work, and a moving account of an extraordinary couple. / Burt Chernow lectured at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and was a professor of art history at Housatonic College in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was also the founder and Director Emeritus of the Housatonic Museum of Art. The author of many books and essays, he died in 1997. Wolfgang Volz's photographs have appeared in Art, GEO, Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Life, and Time magazines. He has worked with Christo and Jeanne-Claude since 1972 and is the exclusive photographer of their work. He was also technical director of the project to wrap the Reichstag. He lives with his wife, Sylvie, in Dusseldorf, Germany." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Publicado por Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.15.
Publicado por Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.15.
Publicado por St. Martin's Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Reprint. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Publicado por St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
Librería: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None. 390 pages. Softcover. Wrapper very good. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Remainder marks on top edge. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. In great condition. A look at the backgrounds of these artists and what's behind their temporary masterpieces. Record # 32226.
Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Condición: Fair. Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 1.1.
Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Publicado por New York, New York, U.S.A.: Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
Librería: Dave's Books, Brooklyn, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 2005 stated 1st paperback edition 1st printing with full number line inscribed (which always means to a particular person) by Christo in red crayon on the title page in 2011. Remainder dot on edge, slight rubbing and peeling of laminate on cover, curling, light tanning and denting, else text clean, binding tight.
Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
Librería: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
Librería: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940
Librería: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, Estados Unidos de America
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