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.

In Vallauris, on 29 March 1958, Pablo Picasso shakes hands with a smiling Maurice Thorez at the unveiling of the artist's mural, "The Fall of Icarus". With a cigarette dangling from his lips, Picasso, dressed in a ribbed cardigan and patterned cravat, is watched by a crowd that includes his son, Paulo, visible between the two men. The work, composed of forty wooden panels, was created for the conference hall of the UNESCO building in Paris.

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