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Dr. Oskar Lange (1904–1965), Delegate from Poland to the United Nations United Nations Security Council
Dr. Oskar Lange (1904–1965), Delegate from Poland to the United Nations United Nations Security Council

Dr. Oskar Lange (1904–1965), Delegate from Poland to the United Nations United Nations Security Council

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Object Details

Title:
Dr. Oskar Lange (1904–1965), Delegate from Poland to the United Nations United Nations Security Council
Date:
1946
Artist:
Medium:
Charcoal and white conté on gray paper
Dimensions
12 x 9 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert McLean, 1980
Description

Oskar Lange was a noted economist whose work provided the earliest model of market socialism. In 1945 he became the new Polish Communist regime's first Ambassador to the US, and in 1946 he served as the Polish delegate to the UN Security Council. He returned to Poland in 1947, where he continued working for the Polish government.

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