Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection [SIGNED]

Donovan, Molly. Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection [SIGNED]. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. Quarto (11″ x 9-1/2″). 144pp. Color photo dust jacket with black spine lettered in white, over black cloth, spine lettered in white (letters slightly effaced). illustrated throughout with sketches and photographs, most in color. Signed on the half-title by both Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

“Christo (1935-2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) have created some of the most visually breathtaking works of the twentieth century. From early wrapped objects to monumental outdoor projects such as The Umbrellas, Japan-U.S.A., 1984-91 and Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971-95, the artists have used fabric – wrapped, draped, and folded over, around, and through natural and constructed forms – to transcend the traditional bounds of painting, drawing, sculpture, and architecture.” “This volume spanning forty years of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s remarkable career accompanies an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art of sixty-one works from the collection of Dorothy and Herbert Voqel, whose relationship with the artists dates to 1971. The wonderful breadth of works presented in color and discussed here includes several early packages, models for large-scale public works, preparatory drawings and collages for projects in urban and rural sites, and photographs of the completed projects.”– (Jacket)

Contents: The fabric of art — Interview with Christo and Jeanne-Claude — Plates — Checklist — Selected bibliography — Individual exhibitions and catalogues — Realized works — Non-realized projects. (OCLC)

Note: Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Feb. 3-June 23, 2002 and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Sept. 22, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003. near fine in near fine dust jacket. Hardcover. (51664) $95