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Title: Interview with Christo and Jeanne-Claude on Christo's Early Life and Early Collaborative Works
Date: 1987 March 6
Physical Details: 3 sound cassettes : analog ; 2 hr., 22 min., 18 sec.
Description: Recording has low sound level. Burt Chernow interviews Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Tapes 1 and 2: Christo discusses his early life, family, education, and early career before he moved to Paris and met Jeanne-Claude. Tape 3: Jeanne-Claude discusses various topics, including some details about the early days of their relationship as well as some anecdotes about some of the first projects they worked on together, such as Wall of Oil BarrelsThe Iron Curtain, Stacked Oil Barrels and Dockside Packages.
Creator: Chernow, Burt, 1933-1997
Forms part of: Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Burt Chernow and Christo. Interview with Christo and Jeanne-Claude on Christo's Early Life and Early Collaborative Works, 1987 March 6. Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 23030