Christo: Running Fence, 1978, SIGNED, Limited Ed., 287/2159, Fine w/Slipcase

Christo, et al. Christo: Running Fence (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1978).

English, SIGNED, Limited Edition, No. 287 of 2159 copies, a Fine book in a Fine slipcase, HC, 4to, 11 1/2" x 12," 694 pp., including illustrations.

ISBN: 0810907615

SIGNED. Limited Edition. No. 287 of 2159 copies. Fine beige cloth-covered boards with silver foil lettering on spine. Covers have a few small stains and smudges, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Fine multicolored pictorial paper-covered slipcase. Slipcase has slight rubbing, mild shelf wear, and slight wear to extremities, else clean and intact. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with illustrations in black-and-white and color. SIGNED by Christo in pencil or dark crayon on front colophon as "Christo." Two pieces of ephemera laid in. Beautiful monograph featuring Running Fence, a temporary art installation made by the famous husband-and-wife artist duo, Christo (1935-2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009). Running Fence was a fence made of white nylon fabric (a sample of which is tipped in to this book), cables, and steel poles that weaved its way through the hills of Sonoma and Marin Counties, California. Christo made his initial drawing for the art installation in 1972, but it took several years to complete and was finished on September 10, 1976. The fence was purposely removed only 14 days later. Front colophon: "This volume is one of a special edition limited to 2159 copies signed by Christo. In addition there are 841 hors de commerce copies for the use of the artist and the publishers numbered HC 1-841. This is copy number 287."