Knowledge Bank

Medium: Woodcut.

Print Image Size: 13 7/8 x 23 1/2 inches.

Print Edition: 10 (with 2 artist's proofs).

Alternate Medium: Color woodcut.

Ink(s): green.

Support: laid paper.

Posthumous portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin lying in his casket, exaggerated so the size of his head dwarfs his diminutive hands. Impressions printed in a lighter green ink as well as study drawings executed in ink wash with crayon also exist.