The Soviets wanted to create a new world in which everything was under control of the Party. Only approved artists were given opportunity to create and exhibit

The Soviets wanted to create a new world in which everything was under control of the Party. Only approved artists were given opportunity to create and exhibit and those who weren't approved or had fallen from the Party's grace were essentially cancelled. If the painting ended up in Poland, it may have made its way from storage into private hands, in Poland or after 1989 in the West.