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Ralph Fasanella
McCarthy Era Garden Party, 1954
Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 inches
Fasanella expressed his outrage at the injustice of the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in a number of paintings; this was the first. The U.S Capitol building at the top, the powerful men in suits in front, the Rosenbergs surrounded by books—all are surrounded by a long ring of protesters.
