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Cultural Revolution: State Graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s (II)

(from 11th Jul until 20th Nov 2011)

Explore the bold and colourful imagery found on posters and other items from this revolutionary period.

Detail of Figures and flags in front of Great Hall of the People, China, 1976 (Museum No: EA2006.263
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The Great Historical Documents

  • Description

    The ‘great historical documents’ in the title refer to the two booklets with white covers and red headings depicted in front of the Great Hall of the People in the centre right of this image. On the left is the Notification from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, also known as the ‘May 16 Notification’, which declared the launch of the Cultural Revolution. The document on the right is the Decision Concerning the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, also known as the ‘16 points’, which was passed three months later and launched the denunciation of Liu Shaoqi and the rise of Lin Biao.

  • Details

    Series
    Long Live the Proletariat Cultural Revolution Victory - Painting Collective No. 1
    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    AsiaChina Shanghai province (place of publication)
    AsiaChinaHebei province Beijing (Great Hall of the People) (subject)
    Date
    May 1976
    Artist/maker
    Cultural Revolution Group Painting Collective (active c. May 1976) (designer)
    Associated people
    Shanghai People's Publishing House (established 1951) (publisher)
    Xinhua Bookstore (established 1937) (retailer)
    Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao) (1893 - 1976) (subject)
    Material and technique
    lithograph
    Dimensions
    poster 76.4 x 105.5 cm (height x width)
    print 64.5 x 103.6 cm (height x width)
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2006.
    Accession no.
    EA2006.263

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