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Stalin Monument

's-Gravenhage, Italy

Stalin Monument

The Stalin Monument (also called: Stalin Bust and Herring) is an artwork in The Hague, Netherlands, created by Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid (the so called Komar and Melamid duo). It shows a bust of Joseph Stalin, placed in a phone booth. In front of him is a herring - Stalin was fond of eating

herring - and lamp on a table covered by red felt. The sculpture was originally placed in the red light district of The Hague in 1986. After renovation it was moved to its current location just next to the KM21 museum for modern art. It is part of the collection of the Kunstmuseum, that oversees KM21.

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