Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau and Maurice Thorez, leader of the French Communist Party (PCF). 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.

With an intense, serious expression, Pablo Picasso stands beside a pensive Jean Cocteau, seen in profile wearing a dark fedora and a distinctive scarf. They are gathered with Maurice Thorez, leader of the French Communist Party, for the unveiling of Picasso's forty-panel mural destined for the UNESCO building in Paris. The artist presented the work, later titled "The Fall of Icarus," in his Vallauris studio on 29 March 1958.

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