A mid-20th century Soviet Russian woven silk portrait panel of Stalin machine-woven in black and silvery-grey tones on cream, depicting Stalin standing in a military coat and cap, titled in Cyrillic 'Josef Vissarionovich Stalin', bearing a Cyrillic signature within the image and dated '44', the bottom right with woven maker's names, framed and glazed, frame 103cm high, 54.7cm wide. Provenance: Iconastas Gallery, Piccadilly Arcade, London.