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Christo and Jeanne‑Claude: Through the Gates

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Through the Gates and Beyond

Genre:
Nonfiction
Published:
2008

In 1981 two artists — Christo and Jeanne-Claude — proposed an installation in New York’s Central Park that would span twenty-three miles. They received a 185-page response from the Parks Department that could have been summed up in one single word: “no.” But they persisted. This biography of contemporary artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude is a story of the power of collaboration, and vision, and of the creation of the spectacular Gates and other renowned artworks. Christo and Jeanne-Claude is a 2003 Bank Street - Best Children’s Book of the Year.

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