Pablo Picasso on the occasion of the 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, photographed from behind in his Vallauris studio, contemplates his monumental mural, "The Fall of Icarus," on 29 March 1958. The artist is held in focus while the artwork itself—a composition of forty wooden panels destined for the UNESCO building in Paris—remains soft in the background. Initially titled "The Forces of Life and the Spirit Triumphing over Evil," the mural was renamed later that year.

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

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