1410893 THE GATES, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY, 1979-2005 [Signed]. Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, Jonathan William Henery, Wolfgang Volz.
THE GATES, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY, 1979-2005 [Signed]
THE GATES, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY, 1979-2005 [Signed]
THE GATES, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY, 1979-2005 [Signed]
THE GATES, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY, 1979-2005 [Signed]
THE GATES, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY, 1979-2005 [Signed]

THE GATES, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY, 1979-2005 [Signed]

Cologne: Taschen, 2005. Hors de Commerce Edition, #4105/5000. Quarto, 968 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good slipcase. Housed in Very Good publisher's branded cardboard box. Slipcase bound in paper with gray cloth. Mild shelf wear to slipcase, scuffing to bottom. Book bound in gray cloth with orange lettering on spine. Text block clean. Text block sunken from spine. Includes woven fabric from the artwork. Signed and dated by Christo, Jeanne-Claude, and Volz on tipped-in page. Shelved in Case 13.

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude were a collaborative pair of artists, as well as married couple. The pair are known for large-scale environmental installations. The installations were site-specific, meaning the work was designed for the location or landscape; the installations meaning is derived from the relationship between installation and location. First developed in 1976, The Gates debuted in February of 2005 due to the project being rejected by New York City government. The "gates" hold structural similarities to Japanese torii gates upon entering Shinto shrines. The installation consisted of 7,503 16-foot-high vinyl gates with orange nylon fabric panels, stretching 23 miles of Central Parks walkways. The piece was assembled by thousands of paid workers and remained up for 16 days before removal, all materials were then recycled.