The Commissar Vanishes
| Author | David King |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Art, history, politics |
| Publisher | Canongate Books Ltd (United Kingdom) Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt (United States) |
Publication date | October 1997 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 978-0-86241-724-6 |
| OCLC | 59592918 |
The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia is a 1997 book by David King about the censoring of photographs and fraudulent creation of "photographs" in Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union through silent alteration via airbrushing and other techniques. It has an introduction by Stephen F. Cohen.