Dr. Oskar Lange (1904–1965), Delegate from Poland to the United Nations United Nations Security Council
Date
1946Medium
Charcoal and white conté on gray paperCredit Line
Gift of Robert McLean, 1980Dimensions
12 x 9 in.Description & Inscriptions
Oskar Lange was a noted economist whose work provided the earliest model of market socialism. In 1945 he became the new Polish Communist regime's first Ambassador to the US, and in 1946 he served as the Polish delegate to the UN Security Council. He returned to Poland in 1947, where he continued working for the Polish government.