Renowned muralist hired by Nelson Rockefeller to create a piece for Rockefeller Center. He clashes with the industrialist and Italian envoy Margherita Sarfatti due to the work's explicit communist themes, including a portrait of Vladimir Lenin. His completed artwork is eventually destroyed by workers.
Patron-artist relationship defined by a major commission.
Direct ideological clash between fascist diplomacy and communist art.
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