[lbo-talk] Stalin

[James Heartfield]

The NYT quotes a Cooper Union spokesperson saying "Picasso's drawing of Stalin was viewed as unflattering and led to his expulsion from the party." but I do not think that is the case. He continued to support the party - sadly - for the rest of his life, and in 1962 was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. Great portrait, though.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2000/oct/21/books.guardianreview2