Christo and Jeanne-Claude: “5,600 Cubicmeter Package“ (1968)

“5,600 Cubicmeter Package“ was the largest ever inflated structure without a skeleton. It stood 280 feet (85 meters) tall and was created at the occasion of the documenta IV in 1968. Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935 - 2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935 - 2009) were a married couple who created environmental works of art. Christo and Jeanne-Claude were born on the same day, June 13, 1935; Christo in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and Jeanne-Claude in Morocco. They first met in Paris in October 1958 when