Pablo Picasso, Paulo Picasso, Maurice Thorez. 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, holding a cigarette and a soft cap, engages in animated conversation in Vallauris on 29 March 1958. To his side, his son Paulo Picasso looks on with a serious expression, while Maurice Thorez is also present in the group. This gathering coincided with the completion of Picasso’s monumental mural, "The Fall of Icarus," a forty-panel work created for the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

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