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Frida typing a letter dictated by Diego, May 11, 1933. This was 2 days after Rivera's work at the Rockefeller Center was suspended because it featured a portrait of the Russian socialist Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, in the largest financial center of American capitalism.
Autor no identificado11 de mayo de 1933
Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
Álvaro Obregón, Mexico
The magnate Rockefeller commissioned Diego to create a mural at the Rockefeller Center. He painted "Man at the Crossroads Looking with Uncertainty but with Hope and High Vision to the Choosing of a New and Better Future." The mural was destroyed because it included an image of the socialist leader, Lenin.
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- Title: Frida typing a letter dictated by Diego, May 11, 1933. This was 2 days after Rivera's work at the Rockefeller Center was suspended because it featured a portrait of the Russian socialist Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, in the largest financial center of American capitalism.
- Creator: Autor no identificado
- Date Created: 11 de mayo de 1933
- Location Created: Nueva York, E.U.A.
- Type: Reproducción fotográfica B/N
- Medium: plata sobre gelatina
- Art Form: fotografía
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