Lot n° 5
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40 - 60
EUR
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Result
: 34EUR
CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE [with original fabric] - Lot 5
CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE [with original fabric]
"Wrapped Trees, 1997-1998"; Taschen, 1998.
Paperback; first edition; trilingual text (German, French, English); introduction by Ernst Beyeler; this book documents Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s wrapping of trees at the Beyeler Foundation in Riehen and at Berower Park in Basel in 1997–1998; the photographs and notes are by Wolfgang and Sylvia Volz; in November 1998, after the leaves had fallen, 178 trees were wrapped using 55,000 m² of polyester fabric and 23.1 km of rope ... The fabric used is the same type as that employed in Japan during the winter to protect trees from snow and frost. The trees are located in the park surrounding the Beyeler Foundation and in a neighboring meadow: they include chestnut, oak, ash, plum, cherry, linden, ginkgo, beech, birch, plane, and maple trees, among others....The trees range in height from 2 to 25 m and in diameter from 1 to 14.5 m.
In-4 (30.5 x 24.5 cm)
The book contains a period newspaper clipping.
A unique copy, featuring a piece of the original cloth binding, stapled to the half-title page.
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