![]() ![]() After a delicious dinner prepared by Jeanne-Claude of ketchup on white bread served on a paper plate, they explained how they worked, what they wanted to do, and why they were moving to New York. Later I learned they were born on the same day in the same year (June 13,1935). Even then people called them “ChristoandJeanne-Claude,” as if the two names were one word. ![]() They had just arrived from Paris, where they created a scandal by barricading a street with barrels. I think they called me because Leo Castelli told them I could speak French. Her name was Jeanne-Claude and she was married to an artist named Christo. One cold winter day in 1964, I got a call from a young French woman inviting me to dinner in SoHo. ![]() It will be like the biggest stairway to heaven-a 500-foot-tall stairway. The Mastaba will be the most expensive because it will be the biggest sculpture in the world. ![]()
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