Large-Scale Projects.

New York:: Monacelli Press, 1994.. 1st American Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: black cloth; a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket.. 12.25 inches tall by 9.25 inches wide . Bibliography, artist biographies, contributors. Photo endpapers. Description: Profusely illustrated in black and white and color; the entire book is printed on coated stock, yielding crisp, clear reproductions of the photo images and text (as well as creating an extraordinarily heavy book -- nearly eight pounds). The publisher's blurb reads: ''This landmark publication chronicles the unique collaborative venture of the artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen in a presentation of twenty-six of their large scale projects -- sculptures created in an architectural scale for urban landscapes from 1976 to 1994. Seen together for the first time are the recent Shuttlecocks for Kansas City, Missouri, and the Inverted Collar and Tie for Frankfurt; the Dropped Bowl with Scattered Slices and Peels for Miami, and the Spoonbridge and Cherry for Minneapolis. Other highlights include Flashlight for Las Vegas; and the Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks, erected on the Yale University campus in 1969. Individual case histories, recounted from the personal viewpoints of the artists detail the process of development of each of the works, from the time of a sculpture's commission, and the ensuing back and forth flow of ideas between the artists, through sketches and preliminary drawings to three-dimensional models and precise engineering plans, which lead to fabrication and installation.''