Chinese Cultural Revolution Poster

Red sun, red flags, a column of faces set in black and white.

Chinese printers made this Cultural Revolution poster in ink on paper in China in the 20th century. Posters of the period, commonly associated with 1966 to 1976, were printed in large numbers to be pasted in public places. A uniformed portrait rises above a row of red banners. Below, a tightly packed crowd marches with armbands and raised standards in black and white.

About 31 by 22 inches. Hung alone on a long wall, it commands the whole room and asks nothing in return.