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Life-size Lenin among Soviet art up for auction
A life-size portrait of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and other paintings from the former state are going up for auction. Described as "monumental", they will be up for sale at Wotton ...
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The revolutionary lens: Andy Warhol’s Lenin series and the intersection of art, history and collecting
Photo by John Minihan/Getty Images [/caption] Warhol’s technical approach to the Lenin series is an exercise in the sublime tension between propaganda and art. Lenin’s portrait, starkly ...
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Finland’s Lenin museum shifts focus amid tensions with Russia
A museum in Finland was long known as the last museum in Europe dedicated to Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary and founding father of the Soviet Union. While the museum long symbolized the ...
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Life-size Lenin among Soviet art up for auction
Soviet Union founder Lenin is depicted in a huge portrait A life-size portrait of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and other paintings from the former state are going up for auction.