[Joseph Stalin] – Antique Wall Art
![[Joseph Stalin], [between 1950 and 1953] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5a/5a9bd60128da-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Joseph Stalin] comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Joseph Stalin]
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Stalin appears here as a chess player, a metaphor the cartoonist uses to frame Soviet dealings with Iran during the early Cold War. Soviet and British forces had jointly occupied Iran in 1941, and Moscow's reluctance to withdraw its troops from the north after the war fueled tensions that reached the United Nations in 1946. Bill Mauldin, best known for his World War II cartoons about two infantrymen, drew editorial commentary like this for newspapers after the war, and the drawing's mix of crayon, pencil, and white highlights shows the rapid sketch work he used for daily commentary.
| Created / published | [between 1950 and 1953] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on paper: crayon, pencil, and opaque white over pencil. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) 1940-1950.Drawings 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Gift; Bill Mauldin; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:078.1328). Forms part of the Papers of Bill Mauldin (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Stalin, Joseph,--1879-1953. International relations--Soviet Union--1940-1950. International relations--Iran--1940-1950. Chess--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,185 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158299 |
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