[Sketch for a portrait of I. V. Stalin.]

1922

Order Reproduction
Title
[Sketch for a portrait of I. V. Stalin.]
Creator
Andreev, N.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1922
Identifier
EA000046
Description
The first portrait of Stalin, dated April 1, 1922, was drawn by Nikolai Andreev at the time of Stalin's appointment by Lenin to the the post of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, a position he was to keep for more than thirty years. The inscriptions on the portrait are by Stalin himself. They read: "This ear says that the artists is not well schooled in anatomy. J. Stalin"; "The ear screams and shouts against anatomy. J. S."
Type
still image
Genre
prints (visual works)
Subject
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Politics and government--1917-1936
Politics and government--1936-1953
Communism and art
Geographic Subjects
Soviet Union
Russia (Federation)
Collection
Stalinka: Digital Library of Staliniana
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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