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It features the artists’ pioneering work of Soviet Pop Art — or Sots Art, a term they coined for the movement they created that contracts the words Socialism and art.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023

On Shrove Tuesday 1512 Gringoire, who was the accredited defender of the policy of Louis XII., and had already written many political poems, represented the Jeu du Prince des Sots et M�re Sotte.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

A Prince des Sots took the place of the “bishop,” and was chosen by sociétés joyeuses organized by the youth of the cities for New Year merrymaking.

From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.

Or then perhaps he feels the greater Curse, The Sons turn Sots, or Fools, the Daughters worse; The Wife still teezing him to do his part, Until he has enough to break his Heart.

From The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony: Responses from Men by Various

I wish I knew what a Cornelian Rose was, and Jenoffelins, Baredames, and Summer Sots; and what the Lilies were and the Maritoffles and Bell Flowers.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse