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The East is Red
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Description
The identification of Mao with the sun, and by extension sunrise, was a central element in the personality cult that preceded the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in 1966. The East is red is the first line of a song ‘The East is red, the sun is rising, China brought forth a Mao Zedong…’ that was played throughout the country at dawn and sunset each day for about a decade.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Hebei province › Beijing (place of publication)Asia › China › Chongqing province (place of publication)
- Date
- December 1964
- Artist/maker
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Sha Gengshi (born 1926) (designer)Sha Gengshi (born 1926) (calligrapher)
- Associated people
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People's Fine Arts Publishing House (established 1951) (publisher)Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao) (1893 - 1976) (subject)
- Material and technique
- lithograph
- Dimensions
- 76.5 x 53 cm (height x width)
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- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased with the assistance of the E. H. North Bequest, 2006.
- Accession no.
- EA2006.294
Past Exhibitions
see all (2)-
Cultural Revolution: State Graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s (II)
(from 11th Jul until 20th Nov 2011) -
Cultural Revolution: State Graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s (I)
(from 8th Mar until 3rd Jul 2011)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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