Paris, France: Galerie J, 1962. 22,8x14,6 cm.

Oversized invitation / announcement card for the second temporary public project that Christo and Jeanne-Claude built together, one of their most politically charged pieces. As a reaction to the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961, Christo and Jeanne-Claude envisioned a work that would barricade one of the narrowest street in Paris with a wall of 89 barrels. Raised on the night of June 27, 1962 and appropriately titled "Mur provisoire de tonneaux métalliques – Le Rideau de fer, rue Visconti, Paris, 1961-1962" [Temporary Wall of Oil Barrels – The Iron Curtain, rue Visconti, Paris, 1961-62]. Recto of the card features a map leading to the temporary monument - vaguely in tune with the situationist city experiments - while on the verso there is a poetic text "Le Docker et Le Décor" by Pierre Restany. Rare. Tiny tear [approx 0,5 cm] on lower part else excellent.