Chinese Cultural Revolution Print

Smiling face, red star on the cap, and a cream border to set it off.

This Cultural Revolution print of Chairman Mao is by Chairman Mao, from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is ink on paper. Printing in ink on paper allowed images to be reproduced cheaply in great quantities, and many prints of the period were later kept as records of the time. Portrait print in black and white on a solid red field with a narrow ivory margin. The man wears a cap with a star and a collar with red tabs. Large white cursive characters run across the bottom. It is 5.2 inches wide and 7.4 high.

Cheerful, loud, and printed with unwavering conviction.