The Umbrellas Japan-USA, 1984-91.
Cologne: Taschen, 1998. Two volumes. Oblong 4to. FIRST EDITION. Literally thousands of black and white and color photographic illustrations, maps, charts and sketches. Includes a swatch of both the blue and yellow umbrellas. Publisher’s cloth, preserved in the original photographically-illustrated slipcase; an amazing set, as new. Item #18005
First edition, No. 1473 of 2500 copies signed by Christo, Jeanne-Claude and Wolfgang Volz, who took the photographs. This is the complete story of Christo’s Umbrella Project, including diaries, fact sheets, and a full overview of the planning and execution of the project.
The umbrellas were part of an international environmental art project by the husband and wife team of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, spanning two continents, eight years of planning, and costing $26 million. Beginning in December, 1990, on both Kern County’s Tejon Ranch, and the rice paddies of Ibaraki, Japan, the team installed a total of over 3000 umbrellas, blue ones in Japan, and yellow ones in California, each standing nearly 20 feet tall. The umbrellas were opened on October 9, 1991. It was estimated that over three million people saw the exhibit during the very brief installation, lasting less than three weeks.
Price: $850.00