On the way to the gates : Central Park, New York City : Christo and Jeann-Claude / Jonathan Fineberg ; with photographs by Wolfgang Volz.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press ; New York : In association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004.Description: viii, 212 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 x 30 cmISBN:- 0300101384 (Yale)
- 0300104057 (pbk.)
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude, on the way to the gates
- Christo & Jeanne-Claude, on the way to the gates [Cover title]
- Jeanne-Claude, 1935- -- Interviews
- Christo, 1935- -- Interviews
- Jeanne-Claude, 1935-
- Christo, 1935- Gates
- Christo, 1935- Gates
- Christo, 1935- -- Entretiens
- Jeanne-Claude, 1935- -- Entretiens
- Artists\' preparatory studies
- Site-specific art -- New York (State) -- New York
- Artist couples -- Interviews
- Esquisses (Art)
- Collaboration artistique
- Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
- Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
- 709.2 CHR
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 709.2 CHR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100311126 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This remarkable book documents Christo and Jeanne-Claude's long-awaited Gates installation in Central Park. It includes an illustrated introduction that surveys the artists' many innovative public projects, reproductions of their preparatory work for the Gates, and four unpublished interviews.
Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Apr. 6-July 25, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-203) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. vii)
- On the Way to The Gates (p. 3)
- The Gates (p. 59)
- Captions
- Interviews
- Christo, 1977 (p. 127)
- Christo, 1982 (p. 151)
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1983 (p. 157)
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2003 (p. 169)
- Chronology (p. 197)
- Bibliography (p. 199)
- Museum Collections (p. 205)
- Acknowledgments (p. 207)
- Index (p. 209)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Jonathan Fineberg is Gutgsell Professor of Art History at the University of Illinois, ChampaignWolfgang Volz has been the exclusive photographer for all of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's projects since 1972