The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia

Book

Details

Type

Access level

Available on request

Institution

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Russia

Collection

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art archive

Location

Moscow, Garage Archive Collection

Publication date

Place of publication

New Brunswick

Publishers

Henry Holt and Company

Keywords

Personal documents, Politics, Photography, Stalinism, Documentary, 20th‑century history

Description

A disturbing glimpse into the manipulation of photographs by Stalin shows retouched portraits

Related persons

King David
/ Author
Lenin Vladimir
/ Mentioned
Serov Vladimir
/ Mentioned
Stalin Iosif
/ Mentioned

5 persons

You can find more detailed information on this publication in the Garage Library catalogue