Archival Note Card | Cultural Revolution | #7

Figure in an armband brings a small red book down like a hammer.

This is an archival note card from the cultural revolution series, no. 7, titled "the red book as hammer". 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. Lean card on a red-and-white ground with radiating lines around the book. The worker swings a hammer arm overhead, a band wrapped around the sleeve. Tall red characters run down the left edge and small print sits at the bottom. It is 7 inches long and 5 high.

Hammer in hand, drama in the lines.