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Cassius - A blue-jacketed figure stands at left beside a pale bust against a dark green field, with large vertical black…

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Cassius

2026-06-15

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Size
24 × 36 in

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Mussolini stands doubled by a pale bust while EVERLAST reads down the right edge. Cassius holds the blue jacket figure between body and monument, as if the public image is trying to outlast the person.

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figure 57portrait 42doubling 17gloves 14resolve 15text 31blue jacket 5identity 23icon 19solemn 5

Colors

greenblueyellow / goldblackwhiteochre

Subjects

Benito Mussolini

Part of

Red Sun / Fool / OverexposureBoxer / Ring / Hero-BodyGlove / Hand / ContactBlue Text / Label / VoiceMask / Face / Symbol-Person

Connectedness #19 of 135 · rarest tags: blue jacket, solemn

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  • Benito Mussolini posing beside a bust of himself, 1926 verified photograph, 1926; filename from official sources folder

    Direct photo reference: Mussolini standing beside a bust of himself.

    Benito Mussolini posing beside a bust of himself, 1926
    external source Benito Mussolini posing beside a bust of himself, 1926 — photograph, 1926; filename from official sources folder