Christo: Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California September 1972-76 (Signed)
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, 1978.
Photographs by Gianfranco Gorgoni. Limited Edition. Hardcover in slip-case.
#750 of a special edition limited to 2159 copies signed by Christo on limitation page.
The Running Fence was an unprecedented temporary 24.5-mile-long art installation that traversed rolling pastureland in parts of Marine and Sonoma counties in northern California and was exhibited over a 14-day period in September of 1976. The 18-foot-high white fabric fence undulated along a generally east-west axis north of San Francisco. The Fence intersected 12 public roads, including US 101 and State Highway 1, and 11 private roads. The west end of the Fence extended several hundred feet offshore in Bodega Bay. The Fence consisted of 2,050 panels of woven nylon (165,00 total yards of fabric sewn into 2,100 panels), attached by 312,000 steel hooks to steel poles extending 3-feet below ground. The poles were braced by 90 miles of steel cable secured by 13,000 steel anchors buried in the earth. The fence crossed 55 parcels of privately owned land and required negotiation of 60 contracts, prompted 17 public hearings, and was reviewed by 15 governmental agencies.
Expenses for the temporary work were paid for by sculptor Christo and collaborator Jeanne-Claude through the sale of studies, preparatory drawings and collages, scale models and original lithographs. The Fence allowed for passage of cars, cattle and wildlife, and was designed to be viewed by following 40 miles of public roads in Sonoma and Marin Counties.
This book thoroughly documents the project from conception to exhibition - with a chronology, fact sheet, maps, correspondence with interested parties, environmental impact investigation and legal negotiation, and with copious illustration of the project itself from the first bored hole to color photographs of the completed installation stretching from US Highway 101 to Bodega Bay.
Item #900722ISBN: 0810907615
11-5/8 x 10-7/8" x 2-1/8", white cloth, 694pp, fully illustrated, 7 fold-out plates, sample of original fabric tipped in.
A very fine copy in slip-case with light rubbing to glossy paper on slip-case. Book in slip-case weighs 11-1/2 pounds without packing materials and will require additional shipping charges. Please contact us for a shipping price quote to your location.
Price: $750.00