Lot 2197
Chinese Mao-era propaganda poster c1967, depicting workers holding a booklet aloft, probably publis...
Chinese Mao-era propaganda poster c1967, depicting workers holding a booklet aloft, probably published to promote the 'Long Live the Victory of Mao Zedong Thought Revolutionary Painting' exhibition held at the National Art Gallery, Beijing, in October 1967 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Yan'an Forum, 77cm x 54cm Notes: the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art, May 1942, was a key series of talks held during the Japanese occupation of China where Mao Zedong established his ideals about how all Socialist art should be created for political, not aesthetic, ends. It radically changed the style of art being produced in China, paving the way for Social Realist works such as this poster. The bottom text roughly translates as 'Long live the victory of Chairman Mao's literary and artistic path!'
R1261
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