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Life-size Lenin painting up for auction

Rob Beschizza
Feb 24, 2025
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Wotton Auction Rooms

Who would not want to own a life-size portrait of a rosy-cheeked, grandfatherly Lenin? The painting, among others of Soviet origin and vintage, are up for grabs this week at the Wotton Auction Rooms in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England.

Mr Trinder explained they came from a "rather remarkable" single-owner collection. "They …

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