Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau interviewed. Unveiling of mural "The Fall of Icarus" 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". Vallauris, 29 March 1958.

Jean Cocteau, holding a small camera, and Pablo Picasso, seen here in profile, engage in an intense conversation in Vallauris on 29 March 1958. The interview concerned Picasso’s monumental mural for the UNESCO conference hall in Paris. Composed of forty wooden panels, the work was originally titled "The Forces of Life and the Spirit Triumphing over Evil" but was renamed "The Fall of Icarus" later that year.

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