Christo and Jeanne-Claude Poster Book

Taschen Posterbook,1995, 6 posters, 31.7 cms x 43 cms, condition: new.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks and landscape elements wrapped in fabric, including the Wrapped Reichstag, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Running Fence in California, and The Gates in New York City's Central Park.

Their work was typically large, visually impressive, and controversial, often taking years and sometimes decades of careful preparation including technical solutions, political negotiation, permitting and environmental approval, hearings and public persuasion. The pair refused grants, scholarships, donations or public money, instead financing the work via the sale of their own artwork.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude described the myriad elements that brought the projects to fruition as integral to the artwork itself, and said their projects contained no deeper meaning than their immediate aesthetic impact; their purpose being simply for joy, beauty, and new ways of seeing the familiar.

                                                                                STILL IN SHRINK WRAP, NEVER BEEN OPENED