Initially conceived with his wife Jeanne-Claude in 1977, the Mastaba will take barrel-stacking to the ultimate level.

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You might be forgiven for thinking Christo disingenuous when he claims that the Mastaba has nothing to do with Arab oil production.

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According to Christo, the political implications of his Mastaba are unintentional.

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