"Paul Robeson, Moscow," 1949
Artist's stamps in Russian on verso
17 3/8 x 14 inches
Vintage print

Robeson (1898-1976), a graduate of Rutgers University, was an internationally renowned American bass-baritone singer and actor. His leftist politics made him a pariah in the United States, especially in the age of McCarthyism. He was warmly embraced in the Soviet Union, and in 1953 received the Stalin Peace Prize at the Teresa Hotel in Harlem for promoting peace between the United States and the Soviet Union.