Chinese Cultural Revolution Lithograph

Girl with a flag pole strolls past a paper target on an easel.

This Cultural Revolution lithograph from a suite of color lithographs is from China, and dates to the 20th century. Prints from this era were produced in large editions and distributed widely, and today they are studied as records of how the period presented itself. Printed card with a girl in a green blouse and straw hat carrying a long pole with a small red flag. Behind her stand a target on a tripod, leafy papaya trees and a little building. Caption in Chinese at the foot. It is 10.25 inches wide and 7.5 high.

Cheerful, busy and printed with real care.