Portrait head study of Alexandra Kollontai and a study of "International Solidarity" [circle of men embracing] with thumbnail sketch of head in profile, at League of Nations

Geneva, Switzerland

Object Details

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Date:

1927–29

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Graphite on paper

Dimensions

8 3/8 x 6 ¾ in.

Classification

Drawings-watercolors

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[lower left in red ink]: stamped signature; [bottom left in graphite]: Mme. Kollontai; [center, at right, in graphite]: International Solidarity; [bottom center, below group of men, in graphite]: [illegible]Alexandra Kollontai was a Communist revolutionary, a Soviet ambassador to Norway, and a member of the Soviet delegation to the League of Nations.

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