Georges Salles, President of the ICOM and Marie Cuttoli, close friend and collector of Pablo Picasso's works. 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.

Georges Salles, President of the ICOM, and Marie Cuttoli, a close friend and collector of Picasso's works, observe the artist’s monumental mural, “The Fall of Icarus.” Made of forty wooden panels for the UNESCO building in Paris, the work was renamed by Salles himself from its original title, “The Forces of Life and the Spirit Triumphing over Evil.” Cuttoli stands in a beret and dark coat, her gloved hands clasped, while Salles is partially visible to her right, with his distinctive shock of white hair. Vallauris, 29 March 1958.

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

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