Chinese Cultural Revolution Poster

A red flag, a pointing hand, and a march forward.

This Cultural Revolution poster is from China, dated to the 20th century, in ink on paper. Posters commonly urged people to join political campaigns and were widely pasted on walls. A large red flag with a small portrait fills the top, while a line of figures in yellow-brown uniforms points ahead beneath it. Red characters on the white strip below form the caption, left untranslated. The colours are clean and flat, in a bold, graphic style.

About 21 by 30 inches. Strong and simple, like a flag in the wind.