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Christo and Jeanne-Claude : a biography / Burt Chernow ; with an epilogue by Wolfgang Volz.
Fine Arts Library N7193.C5 C468 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chernow, Burt.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christo, 1935-2020.
- Christo.
- Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009.
- Jeanne-Claude.
- Artists--Biography.
- Artists.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- A Christo project staggers the imagination. "Running Fence" ran along 25 miles of terrain in California; "Surrounded Islands" enveloped 11 islands in Biscayne Bay, Florida, in seven miles of pink material. This biography--timed to coincide with a major retrospective of their work at the National Gallery unveils the lives and times of two extraordinary and passionate artists. 50 photos.
- Notes:
- "First published in Germany by Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch under the title XTO + J-C: Christo und Jeanne-Claude: eine Biografie"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-370) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312280742
- OCLC:
- 48122727
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