The Umbrellas (joint project for Japan and USA
by Christo (drawings). Masahiko Yanagi (text), Susan Astwood (picture commentary)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Holt, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Knokke-Zoute Guy Pieters Gallery 1989, 1989. First edition. Signed in brown pastel crayon by Christo with his distinctive signature. From the introduction, Masahiko Yanagi describes this work as follows: "In December 1984, amidst final preparations for The Pont Neuf Unwrapped, Paris, 1975-1985, Christo created several drawings of imagined umbrellas set in an anonymous landscape. Thus began The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USA, in which the artist is endeavouring to temporarily install 3,000 giant octagonal umbrellas, simultaneously in two sites one in Ibaraki, Japan, and the other in California, USA. If we try to locate The Umbrellas within the spectrum of Christos's creative efforts, it can be considered as rural rather than urban and among his constructed rather than wrapped temporary works of art". This is in very good condition with some slight tears to the bottom of the front cover. A rare copy and very scarce signed by Christo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Voewood Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2547
- Title
- The Umbrellas (joint project for Japan and USA
- Author
- Christo (drawings). Masahiko Yanagi (text), Susan Astwood (picture commentary)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Knokke-Zoute Guy Pieters Gallery 1989
- Date Published
- 1989
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About the Seller
Voewood Rare Books
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Holt, Norfolk
About Voewood Rare Books
Simon Finch has been a Rare Book Dealer since 1980. He has had shops in Notting Hill Gate, Mayfair and Holt, Norfolk. His firm has handled a wide variety of material from the First Folio of Shakespeare to the wilder shores of the counterculture and everything in between. In 1998, Simon bought Voewood, one of the finest Arts and Crafts and houses and brought it back to life with an eight-year programme of renovation and restoration. Voewood Rare Books, which operates from Voewood, is the continuation for Simon of a long career in the book trade. It also represents an important link with the House. Voewood is always beautiful, surprising, mysterious and perhaps a little disorientating and we aim to bring something of this spirit to the bookshop. Whilst our focus in on the visual arts, literature and the counter-culture, we deal also in a broad range of antiquarian and modern rare books across all subject areas. Our collection can be found here at Biblio and on our website. We are open by appointment and can always be contacted by email.
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