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Mario Sironi’s mural Italy Among Arts and Sciences (detail), 1950 restoration of the 1935 original, with Fascist elements reinstated, approx. 1,500 square feet. Courtesy Sapienza University of Rome. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New
Mario Sironi’s mural Italy Among Arts and Sciences (detail), 1950 restoration of the 1935 original, with Fascist elements reinstated, approx. 1,500 square feet. Courtesy Sapienza University of Rome. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New
Sironi: Study for the cover of La Rivista Illustrata del Popolo, ca. 1925, oil tempera and photocollage on cardboard, 16 by 13 inches. Massimo and Sonia Cirulli Foundation, Bologna. © ARS/SIAE.
Tullio Crali: Nose Dive on the City, 1939, oil on canvas, 51 by 61 inches. Courtesy Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto.
The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in Rome, constructed between 1938 and 1943. Millionstock/Shutterstock.
Benedetta Cappa: The Great X, 1925–30, oil on canvas, 50 3/4 by 25 1/2 inches. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. © Julien Vidal/Roger-Viollet.
Renato Bertelli: Continuous Profile of Mussolini, 1933, bronzed terra-cotta, 11¾ by 9 by 9 inches. The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach. Photo Bruce White.
williamCromar: Continuous Profile (Head of Drumpf), 2016, orange-gold leaf on hydrocal plaster cast from a laser-sintered plastic 3D print, 13½ by 11 by 11 inches.
A Fascist souvenir shop in Mussolini’s hometown of Predappio, Italy. Vova Pomortzeff/Almay Stock Photo.