David Bourdon Text (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st. Cloth, viii, 149 pages, illustrations; 21 x 26 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. Size: Oblong. Collectible.

Condition: Good. 8vo. 43 pp. Soft, printed wraps. Fair with shaken pages, edgewear and creasing from use. Black and white photographic plates.Includes works by Michael Andrews, Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Thomas Barrow, Bill Beckley, Robert Cumming, Jan Dibbets, Jan Groover, Les Krims, Jean Le Gac, Duane Michals, William Wegman et al. Catalogue created for exhibit "(photo)(photo)2.(photo)n: Sequenced Photographs" at the University of Maryland Department of Art Gallery from February 26 through March 25, 1975.…

Condition: gut. CHRISTO: The Pont Neuf, Wrapped. In englischer Sprache. pages.

Condition: Good. 8vo. 43 pp. Soft Cover. Black and white plates. Very Good. First page detached from binding. Some creases in lower right corner of cover.Works included by Michael Andrews, Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Thomas Barrow, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Bill Beckley, Robert Cumming, Jan Dibbets, Jan Groover, Les Krims, Jean Le Gac, Duane Michals, and William Wegman.Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). Nordland was a museum director, art critic, educator and author.Dean of the Chouinard Art Institute (1960-64), Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMoMA) (1966-73), Milwaukee Art Museum (1977-85), and the UCLA Wight Art Gallery (1973-1977). He is the author of over 60 publications, including books on Lachaise, Nakian, Diebenkorn and Frank Lloyd Wright.…

Condition: Fine. First Edition. Deluxe first edition ("Special Edition") with fabric swatch mounted to back pastedown. 696 pp., profusely illustrated with color photographs. Oblong quarto, bound in publisher's silver cloth lettered in blue on spine. Fine. Housed in the original slipcase, printed paper and silver cloth, with spot of soiling to upper edge. The story of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 24-year quest to wrap Germany's historic parliament building in woven silvery cloth held with blue rope. The two artists were known for their monumental fabric installations, of which this was the most iconic. The installation subverted the imposing dignity of the famous building, a Neo-Renaissance behemoth left in ruins by the Battle for Berlin in 1945. The building was stripped and restored by the West German government during the 1960s, then further repaired and crowned with a new glass dome in time for the new millennium. Before the new construction began, Christo and Jeanne-Claude finally gained permission to wrap the building after decades of lobbying. The effort was seen as a symbol of reunification, drawing millions of Germans to physically interact with what would once more be the seat of their government for the first time since 1933.…