The Execution
Artist: Merlyn Oliver Evans (1910 - 1973)
Location: Imperial War Museum
Date: 1945 - 1946
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 82 x 119 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,500 (Total: £5,000)
Vendor: New Art Centre
Review number: 2894 (1981)
Provenance:
The artist's widow
Description:
The subject is based on a gruesome sight which the artist witnessed - the body of Mussolini suspended by the feet in the town square in Milan after the dictator's execution on 28 April 1945
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