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Stalin Chairs: The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin

Stalin Chairs: The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin
Stalin Chairs: The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin
Stalin Chairs: The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin
ArtistAmerican, 1941–2025
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Stalin Chairs: The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin
Date1977
MediumGraphite and charcoal on paper
Dimensions43 × 28 1/2 in. (109.2 × 72.4 cm)
Frame: 47 × 33 × 2 in. (119.4 × 83.8 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineOnce upon a time. . ., in honor of Isabell Smith Herzstein and Dr. Samuel Simkin
Object number2009.562
Non exposé

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ProvenanceWilliam J. Hill, Houston; [Hiram Butler Devin Borden Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 2009.

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