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.

Pablo Picasso, his intense gaze fixed and a patterned scarf tucked into his jacket, stands beside Jean Cocteau. Seen in profile, Cocteau wears a dark fedora and a distinctive patterned cravat. With them is Maurice Thorez, leader of the French Communist Party. They are gathered in Vallauris on 29 March 1958 for the unveiling of Picasso’s monumental mural "The Fall of Icarus," a forty-panel work destined for the UNESCO building in Paris. The tight framing conveys the density of the crowd.

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