A French artist has erected a giant cut-out of a boy peering over a stretch of border fence near San Diego - A photo of a giant toddler stands in Mexico and peers over a steel wall dividing the country from the U.S.

The boy appears to grip the barrier with his fingers, leaving the impression the entire thing could be toppled with a giggle.

A French artist who goes by the moniker "JR" erected the cut-out of the boy named Kikito that stands 65 feet (19.81 meters) tall.

He has done other large-scale portraits around the world, with much of his recent work focused on immigrants and refugees.

JR told reporters at this week’s unveiling of the portrait that he was spurred by a dream in which he imagined a kid looking over the border wall.

"And when I woke up, I wondered: ’What was he thinking?’" he said. "Like for us we know the implication, what it represents, how it divides, but for a kid, I didn’t have the answer."