They were born on the same day. Christo in Bulgaria, Jeanne-Claude in Morocco, on June 13, 1935. They met in Paris in 1958, and moved to New York in 1964. They have a son, Cyril Christo. Together, the artists proposed many temporary art installations. The Gates was their 19th to see completion.
Jeanne-Claude departed for the pearly gates on November 18, 2009.
