Pablo Picasso and Georges Salles, President of the ICOM. 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.

Pablo Picasso, in profile with a concentrated expression, listens as Georges Salles, President of the ICOM, rests a hand on his shoulder. The photograph was taken in Vallauris on 29 March 1958, during the unveiling of Picasso's monumental mural for the UNESCO building in Paris. That same year, Salles renamed the forty-panel composition, originally titled "The Forces of Life and the Spirit Triumphing over Evil," to its current title, "The Fall of Icarus."

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