Chinese Cultural Revolution Poster

Gold rays, a red tide of flags, and a face at the top of both.

Chinese presses of the Cultural Revolution years printed this poster in ink on paper in China in the 20th century. Posters like it were mass-produced and pasted up in offices, schools and streets, and a portrait with a slogan was among the most common formats. A cap-wearing portrait sits inside a yellow sunburst above a rippling red banner. Columns of pale characters fill the red lower field, closed by a handwritten signature. The paper has gone soft and slightly cockled.

About 30 by 21 inches. A lot of sunrise for one wall.