Archival Note Card | Cultural Revolution | #11

Three figures raise their arms before a red backdrop, one in a white tutu pose.

This is an archival note card from the cultural revolution series, no. 11, titled "the revolution meets the opera". It is archival paper. Propaganda posters and prints from China's Cultural Revolution, generally dated from 1966 to 1976, used bold flat color and slogans to carry political messages. Stately card with a flat red ground and a trio standing in a line, a dancer in white at left and two men in dark and light clothes at right. Large red characters sit on a white strip at the bottom with small print below. It is 7 inches long and 5 high.

A stage pose with real poster polish.