Christo (1935-2020) - The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A. (The Accordion-Fold Book)

Christo (1935-2020), The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A. (The Accordion-Fold Book), 1991.

Folding book, color offset printing on cardboard and paper, 36.3 x 30 x 1.5 cm. Signed, dated, and dedicated on the first inside page.

Provenance: private collection, Berlin.

Condition: Good condition. Please note the photos. These are part of the condition description.

Biography
Born in Gabrowo, Bulgaria, in 1935 as Christo Wladimirow Jawaschew, Christo studied from 1953 to 1956 at the Academy of Arts in Sofia. In 1958, he moved to Paris, where he began wrapping and tying objects like cans or bottles in resin-soaked canvas, and met his future wife, Jean-Claude. As a couple of artists, both are known for their coverings of buildings or landscapes. Among other projects, in 1969 they veiled an Australian coastal strip, in 1984 the Pont Neuf in Paris, and in 1995 the Berlin Reichstag building. The project "The Gates," consisting of 7,503 metal gates with hanging fabric, was completed in 2005 in Central Park, New York. After Jean-Claude's death in 2009, Christo continued working alone. He died in May 2020 in New York. His project, originally scheduled for April 2020 but postponed multiple times, the covering of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, was still planned to be realized in 2021.