Christo, by David Bourdon, Published by Henry Abrams, NY, c. 1970 evening fan with its dramatically twisting handle

with its dramatically twisting handle

I love the way her hair wraps around all three sides of the sculpture

without pegs

My guess is that I'll find out after I've sold them that their maker is quite well known

I would guess the figure represents a saint of some sort

Christo, by David Bourdon, Published by Henry Abrams, NY, c. 1970 evening fan with its dramatically twisting handleI am not 100% sure if this is a 1970 or 1972 copy of this relatively scarce hardcover on Christo's early work, but my interest in buying, and selling, it is for the content, and I am pricing it low either way. I happened to come across this, and was pretty struck by the rawness and potency of the early wrapped object sculptures, as well as very painterly installations of barrels in alleys, etc, all of which led into, but in many ways feel quite