China
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The Three Principles of the People (Chinese poster, ca. 1927)
Text: The Three Principles of the People. Year: ca. 1927. Publisher: Kuomintang. Artist: NA. Additional information: The poster depicts a farmer, soldier, and politician representing the people’s welfare, nationalism, and democracy. The ‘Three Principles’ were set out by Sun Yat-sen, father of the Republic of China, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as…
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Chinese poster, ca. 1983
Text: NA. Year: ca. 1983. Publisher: Sichuan People’s Publishing House. Artist: Fan Huaizhang. Additional information: Poster shows Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, produced as part of a series of ‘New Year’ prints celebrating Chinese communist leaders.
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Chairman Mao gives us a happy life (Chinese poster, 1954)
Text: Chairman Mao gives us a happy life. Year: March 1954. Publisher: Sanyi Printing Company. Artist: Xin Liliang. Additional information: The poster depicts a happy domestic scene around the dinner table, with a large portrait of Mao hanging behind. It was one of many designed by Xin Liliang for the Shanghai-based ‘Sanyi Printing Company’ in…
