Cultural Revolution: State Graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s (II)
(from 11th Jul until 20th Nov 2011)Explore the bold and colourful imagery found on posters and other items from this revolutionary period.
Turning a Deep Chasm into a Thoroughfare
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Description
The title quotes Mao Zedong’s poem Swimming composed in June 1956: ‘A bridge will fly to span the north and south / Turning a deep chasm into a thoroughfare’. At that time Mao visited Changsha and Wuhan, and swam in the Yangzi River while the Wuhan Yangzi River Bridge (completed in October 1956) was still under construction.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangsu province › Nanjing (place of creation)Asia › China › Hebei province › Beijing (place of publication)Asia › China › Jiangsu province (Nanjing Bridge) (subject)
- Date
- designed 1973 - printed November 1974
- Artist/maker
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probably Wei Zixi (1915 - 2002)probably Wei Zixi (1915 - 2002) (calligrapher)Beijing Army Print (active c. November 1974) (printer)after Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao) (1893 - 1976) (author)
- Associated people
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People's Fine Arts Publishing House (established 1951) (publisher)Xinhua Bookstore (established 1937) (retailer)
- Material and technique
- lithograph
- Dimensions
- 37.7 x 53 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 2006.
- Accession no.
- EA2006.202
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Cultural Revolution: State Graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s (II)
(from 11th Jul until 20th Nov 2011)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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