Archival Note Card | Cultural Revolution | #3

Figure in red swings a huge hammer overhead above a small cowering man.

This is an archival note card from the cultural revolution series, no. 3, titled "hammer & stocks". It is archival paper. Graphic art of the Cultural Revolution generally followed an officially approved style, with heroic figures, strong diagonals and a limited range of bright colors that read clearly at a distance. Upright card with a red-and-white ground and black line. The worker raises a mallet with both hands, a banner shape behind, while a smaller figure crumples among papers below. Red characters sit across the bottom. It is 7 inches long and 5 high.

Windup like that deserves an audience.