The simplicity of the image recalls Soviet-era posters — art meant to galvanize and indoctrinate. Yet, Warhol subverts this tradition by isolating Lenin from the ideological clutter of his legacy.
Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924) is best known for his role in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the founding of the Soviet Union. Lenin symbolized for many people the principles and ideas of the ...