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The artists attracted attention for decades by wrapping buildings and with temporary environmental projects like ‘Running Fence’ in California in the ’70s and ‘The Gates’ in New York City in 2005.

Jeanne-Claude, whose collaboration with her husband Christo in creating massive environmental works of art such as the 24-mile-long “Running Fence” in California in the 1970s attracted worldwide attention for decades, has died. She was 74.