Christo and Jeanne-Claude : An Authorized Biography de Volz, Wolfgang, Chernow, Burt

St. Martin's Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2005. 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,… Leer más

New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2005. 1st paperback. Softcover. Very Good/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

Being an authorized biography, the artists have a degree of control over the written word.
They speak about the ephemeral quality of all of their projects - the fact that they exist briefly and then disappear - as an 'aesthetic decision'.
This first American edition presents in near perfect condition.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

2005 stated 1st paperback edition 1st printing with full number line inscribed 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.

St. Martin's Griffin, 2005-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

St. Martin's Press. New. 2005. Paperback. 031234094X .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 390 pages, 80 illus. (30 in color) , 8vo. -- with a bonus offer-- .