Rear side of "The Fall of Icarus" ("La chute d'Icare") on a schoolyard in Vallauris. Destined 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.

The reverse of Pablo Picasso’s mural, "The Fall of Icarus," reveals its utilitarian construction from forty large, wood-framed panels. Handwritten numbers, such as the "27" seen here, organized the composition for its installation at the UNESCO building in Paris. The monumental work was photographed in a schoolyard in Vallauris on 29 March 1958. Originally titled "The Forces of Life and the Spirit Triumphing over Evil," it was renamed that same year at the suggestion of George Salles.

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

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