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Why New York’s MoMA Was One Building Christo and Jeanne-Claude Couldn’t Wrap

Lost Masterpieces

Christo and Jeanne-Claude ‘wrapped’ Berlin’s Reichstag in Berlin and created ‘The Gates’ in New York City. But they had to abandon their plan to wrap New York City’s MoMA in 1968.

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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photo by Christian Baur/© 1968 Christo

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