Anonymous - Vive la victoire de la Grande Révolution culturelle prolétarienne - 1960s

Chinese propaganda poster – Cultural Revolution – 1969 – 76 × 52.5 cm

Description

Beautiful Chinese propaganda poster dated 1969, showing a scene of popular celebration in front of the Tiananmen Gate, with a crowd waving red flags and copies of the Little Red Book around a central political figure.

The large slogan « 无产阶级文化大革命胜利万岁 » means: « Long live the victory of the Proletarian Cultural Revolution! »

The printed bottom note indicates notably Shanghai People’s Fine Arts Publishing House as well as an initial print in October 1969.

Dimensions: 76 × 52.5 cm.

Colorful print on old paper. Presence of a few creases, small marks and signs of time, especially on the borders, visible in the photographs. The colors remain particularly vivid.

A very decorative poster and characteristic of the Chinese political iconography of the late 1960s.