Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. Unveiling of mural "The Fall of Icarus" ("La chute d'Icare") for the conference hall of UNESCO building in Paris. The mural is made up of forty wooden panels. Initially titled "The Forces of Life and the Spirit Triumphing over Evil", the composition was renamed in 1958 by George Salles, who preferred the current title, "The Fall of Icarus" ("La chute d'Icare"). Vallauris, 29 March 1958.

Pablo Picasso fixes the camera with an intense gaze, a patterned scarf at his neck. Beside him stands the writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. In the background, partially visible and out of focus, is Picasso's monumental mural, "The Fall of Icarus." Composed of forty wooden panels, the work was created for the conference hall of the UNESCO building in Paris. This photograph was taken in Vallauris on 29 March 1958, the year of the mural's installation.

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"La grande peinture de l'UNESCO (La chute d'Icare)", 1958. Warncke:551

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