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.
On the Banks of the Yangzi River
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Description
The inscription on the original painting reads: ‘On the Banks of the Yangzi River, summer 1973, painted in Nanjing Petro-chemical Plant, Song Wenzhi’, and is followed by the artist’s seal. A second seal quotes the opening line of a well-known poem by Mao Zedong ‘This land with so much beauty aglow’.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangsu province › Nanjing (place of publication)
- Date
- 1973
- Artist/maker
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after Song Wenzhi (1919 - 1999) (artist)Song Wenzhi (1919 - 1999) (calligrapher)after Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao) (1893 - 1976) (author)
- Associated people
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Jiangsu People's Publishing House (established 1953) (publisher)
- Material and technique
- lithograph
- Dimensions
- 54.3 x 76.3 cm (height x width)
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- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 2006.
- Accession no.
- EA2006.218
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Cultural Revolution: State Graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s (II)
(from 11th Jul until 20th Nov 2011)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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