Man at the Crossroads

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Man at the Crossroads is a famous, politically charged mural by Diego Rivera that originally commissioned for New York’s Rockefeller Center, depicting the clash between capitalism and socialism and later destroyed due to its controversial content.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mural
painting
artForm fresco painting
commissionedBy Rockefeller family
commissionedFor 30 Rockefeller Plaza
Rockefeller Center
commissionedYear 1932
completionDate 1933
controversial true
countryOfCommission United States
countryOfOrigin Mexico
creator Diego Rivera
depicts Lenin
linked to: Vladimir Lenin

May Day parade
Vladimir Lenin
capitalist elites
clash between capitalism and socialism
industrial workers
scientific progress
socialist imagery
destroyed true
destroyedBy Rockefeller Center management
linked to: Rockefeller Center
destructionMethod demolition
destructionYear 1934
genre political art
hasPart central figure operating a machine
panels showing contrasting social systems
hasTheme capitalism
class struggle
industrialization
political ideology
social justice
socialism
technology
workers’ rights
inception 1932
influencedBy Marxist ideology
Mexican Revolution
languageOfTitle English
locationIntended New York City
Rockefeller Center
materialUsed fresco
movement Mexican muralism
notableWorkOf Diego Rivera
originalTitleLanguage English
reasonForDestruction inclusion of Lenin
political controversy
recreatedAs Man, Controller of the Universe
recreationLocation Mexico City
Palacio de Bellas Artes
subjectHeading political mural

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Diego Rivera notableWork Man at the Crossroads
Man, Controller of the Universe basedOn Man at the Crossroads
Man, Controller of the Universe hasVersion recreation of Man at the Crossroads
linked to: Man at the Crossroads