For their dramatic large-scale installations such as The Gates in NYC's Central Park, Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin, and Running Fence in Sonoma and Marin counties, California, they enveloped buildings and entire landscapes in various materials, revealing at the same time the essence and beauty of these structures and objects of nature. Refusing to accept commissions, and so in order to finance these enormous works of art themselves, Christo and Jeanne-Claude began making editions early on in their career--prints, collages, and objects. This completely updated, one-of-a-kind catalogue of works, designed by Schellmann Art and produced to the highest specifications, is an essential part of the story of these sui generis contemporary artists and a testament to their impressive breadth of vision and their independence and courage.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Prints and Objects (A Catalogue Raisonné)

Arts & Photography

MATTHIAS KODDENBERG

Individual Artists

Overlook

Rare Signed edition. Signatures of Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Prints and Objects. A Catalogue Raisonné

Decorative Arts & Design

Hatje Cantz

The monumental but temporary interventions of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, now beloved by millions across the world, began in a very different era, in late-1950s Paris, amid the antics of Yves Klein and the assemblage art of the Nouveau R alistes. Composed in close co-operation with Christo and Jeanne-Claude, just prior to Jeanne-Claude's death in November 2009, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works 1958-64, is the first publication in almost 40 years to deal in depth with the early work of the duo. Previously unpublished works and photographs from the artists' archives narrate the road from Christo's arrival in Paris (from his native Bulgaria) in 1958 to his and Jeanne-Claude's relocation to New York in 1964. Along with an introductory text by Matthias Koddenberg, art historian and longstanding friend of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the book contains an extensive interview with the artists and a detailed chronology for the years 1935 to 1964. This special edition of the book is signed and numbered by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, comes housed in a slipcase designed by Christo and contains a signed, numbered print--"Wall of Oil Barrels: The Iron Curtain, Paris, France, 1961-62" (7.3 x 5.5 inches). The edition is limited to 150 copies.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works 1958-64, Limited Edition (English and German Edition)

DruckVerlag Kettler

Yves Klein: In/Out Studio

KETTLER

Christo (b.1935) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) always compared their work to that of urban planners The very fact that their projects are subject to approval by local authorities makes them seem more like public construction projects than works of art For the first time, a comprehensive account of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's urban projects is provided in this book. It presents preparatory drawings, collages and models for many little-known works from the artists' early careers, some of which were never carried out, such as: the planned wrapping of several New York City skyscrapers, as well as the spectacular large-scale projects of later years: as the wrapping of the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris in 1985; the wrapping of the Reichstag building in Berlin in 1995 and the 2005 installation The Gates in New York's Central Park. In two detailed essays the authors of the book explore Christo's extraordinary talent for drawing and investigate the artists' ambivalent perspective on urban space, which oscillates between a powerful critique of the city's impersonal modernism and a tribute to the liberal, democratic use of urban areas.

CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE URBAN PROJECTS

Laure Martin-Poulet

The monumental but temporary interventions of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, now beloved by millions across the world, began in a very different era, in late-1950s Paris, amid the antics of Yves Klein and the assemblage art of the Nouveaux Réalistes. Composed in close co-operation with Christo and Jeanne-Claude, just prior to Jeanne-Claude's death in November 2009, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works 1958-64, is the first publication in almost 40 years to deal in depth with the early work of the duo. Previously unpublished works and photographs from the artists' archives narrate the road from Christo's arrival in Paris (from his native Bulgaria) in 1958 to his and Jeanne-Claude's relocation to New York in 1964. Along with an introductory text by Matthias Koddenberg, art historian and longstanding friend of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the book contains an extensive interview with the artists and a detailed chronology for the years 1935 to 1964.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Early Works 1958-64 (English and German Edition)

Kettler Verlag

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