Discusses the composition of a painting, 1933 (Moscow, Lenin Museum) by the Russian artist Isaak Israil'evič Brodskij. Shows it was based on a photograph depicting Lenin giving a speech in May 1920 which included the figure of Leon Trotsky, missing in the painting. Explores the implication of the missing Trotsky. Notes that in times of dictatorship artists resort to a language of double meaning to express unpopular opinions.
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