60 years ago today, Christo and Jeanne-Claude closed the Rue Visconti in Paris with 89 oil barrels as a poetic response to the Berlin Wall, which had been built in August of 1961. Today, "Wall of Oil Barrels—The Iron Curtain" is considered one of the most significant and influential artworks of the 1960s era. --- Photos by Christer Strömholm, Shunk-Kender, and Jean-Dominique Lajoux #Christo #ChristoJeanneClaude #ChristoandJeanneClaude