2010.54.15176

untitled (poster hanging on a building)
Late 20th Early 21st Century
25.625 in HIGH x 19.75 in WIDE
(65.09 cm HIGH x 50.16 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.15176

"(c)Alderbaron" in black to the bottom right of the image.

Top of poster has a black and white photo showing a poster with Chinese text hanging from a columned building, with figures on the street below looking up at it. At the bottom of the poster is "Chiang Ching is pictured as many-armed goddess while her three allies brnadish some / of the Cultural Revolution''s popular slogans, such as, ''Attack with words but defend with / weapons.'' the poster emphasizes the Gang of Four''s reliance on rumor as a weapon and also / carries this line of Mao''s poetry: / ''when wind and thunder arise from the great earth, / spirits emerger from the pile of white bones.'' / this poster is ascribed to workers of the Hsinhau Bookstore, Canton. / China Wall Poster VI: The Fall Of ''The Gang Of Four'' photograph by Lynne Bundesen" in black.
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