Debussy (right) and Mallarmé cooperated for the "Afternoon of a fauna". The score of the famous theme for the flute is running below Debussy's face. The Mallarmé's portrait is copied from Manet.
The dice is there to remind us of one of his most beautiful verse: "Jamais un coup de dé n'abolira le hasard".
("never a throw of dice shall abolish chance")