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When Nelson Rockefeller Killed Diego Rivera’s Communist Mural

LOST MASTERPIECE

Nelson Rockefeller commissioned Diego Rivera to paint a mural for Rockefeller Center, but the end result proved too political to stay on the walls.

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Diego Rivera

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