Hains was passionate about literature, and Iliad was one of the most important books in his library. Hains, referred to by gallery manager Iris Clert as “my foal”, decided to build a horse in planks covered with posters, later wrapped by Christo. This “wrapped neo-Dada”, conceived by Gérard Matisse, was put on display in front of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris for the “Salon des Comparaisons” in 1963. With this “Monument to the painter gagged by art critics”, Hains denied any affiliation with the Dada movement and distanced himself from posters, panels and New Realism. “I hereby remove the Raymond Hains who worked with posters like an old skin”. The following year, he took part in the exhibition "50 years of collage" at the Saint-Etienne Museum of Art and Industry.