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On the way to the gates : Central Park, New York City : Christo and Jeann-Claude / Jonathan Fineberg ; with photographs by Wolfgang Volz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication 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.)
Other title:
  • Christo and Jeanne-Claude, on the way to the gates
  • Christo & Jeanne-Claude, on the way to the gates [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.2 CHR
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
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surveys the artists' many innovative public projects, reproductions of their preparatory work for the Gates, and four unpublished interviews.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, Champaign
Wolfgang Volz has been the exclusive photographer for all of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's projects since 1972

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