THE UMBRELLAS INSTALLATION UNITING TWO COUNTRIES UNDER THOUSANDS OF VIBRANTLY COLORED PARASOLS-FIRST and ONLY of CHRISTO and JEANNE-CLAUDE's PROJECT TO SPAN TWO CONTINENTS.

Christo And Jeanne-Claude's book THE UMBRELLAS JAPAN-USA. 1984-91.
First Edition, Koln, Taschen, 1998.
Deluxe Limited edition of 2500 copies signed and numbered in pencil by the artists Christo, Jeanne-Claude and their photographer Wolfgang Volz.
This is copy number Hors de Commerce 226.
Volume I & II.
Large quarto, original full beige cloth with original photographic slipcase.
Includes: Actual fabric swatches of the blue and yellow umbrella installation canvases: 24 cm x 24 cm (9.45 in. x 9.45 in.), preparatory drawings, permission negotiations, engineering descriptions...from project to completion.
Thousands of photographs, plans, sketches, notes and a retrospective text provide the source material, covering every stage of the project from inception to aftermath.
Two hardcover books in slipcase.
Dimensions: 15.4 in x 13.7 in.
Weight: 20.33 lbs.
1422 pages.
Text in English and Japanese.
Condition: very good original estate condition.
Provenance: Private New York City Estate.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude installed over 3100 large umbrellas along the coast of Japan and the United States; sky blue for Japan and yellow for California.
1340 blue umbrellas assembled throughout a narrow valley in rural Japan. 7000 yellow umbrellas were prepared across the Pacific on a dry expanse of Californian land.
Once completed the two countries united as the forest of umbrellas were opened simultaneously on both continents.

Good original estate condition.
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