9780810931640 - Christo the Pont Neuf, Wrapped Paris, 1975-85: THE PONT-NEUF WRAPPED PROJECT FOR von Volz, Wolfgang (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket as Issued. Christo (illustrator). 1st Edition. 588pp. Gray Cloth, gilt lettering. 100's of black and white, color illusrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers.Light smudges on the rear endpaper, very superficial wear to the panels, otherwise fine, unmarked, Housed in a sturdy wraparound pictorial slipcase, lightly soiled. "Christo, the Pont Neuf, Wrapped, was a 1985 environmental artwork in which artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Pont Neuf in fabric. Planning for the project started in 1979. The artists put a model of the project in the window of La Samaritaine, a department store close to the bridge, in late 1981. Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac rejected the project in early 1982. An aide to the mayor snuck the permit approval into a pile of the mayor's papers, which he signed inadvertently in August 1984. When the mayor attempted to repeal the approval, Jeanne-Claude said she would show the press the letter as a symbol of his signature's worth, after which he dropped his case. In September 1985, the artists wrapped the bridge and its 44 streetlamps in a sandstone-colored fabric. The two-week installation attracted three million visitors. Artsy described the response as "sensational". Irish sculptor Corban Walker credited seeing the wrapped bridge on a 1985 trip to Paris with inspiring him to become an artist. Book.

hardcover. Zustand: fine. Paris, 1975-85. Photographs by Wolfgang Volz. Commentary by David Bourdon. Hundreds of illustrations in color and in black & white throughout. 588pp. Very thick oblong 4to, cloth, pictorial board slipcase. New York: Abrams, (1990). A fine copy in a fine slipcase.