{"product_id":"chinese-cultural-revolution-poster-真情趣-谁与我作伴-true-sentiment-who-will-be-my-companion","title":"Chinese Cultural Revolution Poster; 真情趣 - 谁与我作伴 (\"True Sentiment - Who Will Be My Companion?\")","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"427\"\u003eAn unusual and visually striking Chinese silk-screen poster issued during the Cultural Revolution period, presenting a highly atypical example of late-1960s PRC visual culture. Unlike the more familiar revolutionary imagery of workers, soldiers, and Maoist slogans, this design adopts a poetic and overtly decorative approach, featuring a stylised female nude figure beneath a peach motif, accompanied by the title and caption:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"493\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"444\"\u003e真情趣 - 谁与我作伴\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"447\"\u003e(\"True Sentiment - Who Will Be My Companion?\")\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"495\" data-end=\"1019\"\u003eThe imagery and wording are remarkable for a poster carrying a 1969 imprint from the state-run \u003cstrong data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"655\"\u003ePeople's Fine Arts Publishing House (Renmin Meishu Chubanshe)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Beijing. While dated to the Cultural Revolution era, the poster appears to fall outside the standard sphere of political propaganda, and was more likely intended as a decorative or artistic publication rather than an overt ideological work. We have only been able to trace one previous sold example in commerce, so it remains a surprisingly elusive and little-documented issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1348\"\u003ePrinted in colour by silk-screen process on thin paper stock, with visible ink penetration to the reverse consistent with period screen-print production. The composition employs bold black forms with limited but vivid colour accents in a distinctly modernist graphic style characteristic of some late-1960s Chinese design work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1350\" data-end=\"1449\"\u003ePublished by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1363\" data-end=\"1402\"\u003ePeople's Fine Arts Publishing House\u003c\/strong\u003e, Beijing, and dated \u003cstrong data-start=\"1423\" data-end=\"1431\"\u003e1969\u003c\/strong\u003e within the print. We cannot verify the exact printing date - whether this was actually printed in 1969 or a later printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1451\" data-end=\"1700\"\u003eOverall condition is very good for a poster printed on fairly thin paper stock. Some light edge wear and minor signs of age. Colours remain bold and strong. A clean and highly displayable example overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1702\" data-end=\"1718\"\u003eText in Chinese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1720\" data-end=\"1758\"\u003eApproximate dimensions: 755mm x 506mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"1991\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eA scarce and highly unusual survivor of late Cultural Revolution-era Chinese visual culture, particularly intriguing for its apparently non-political subject matter and striking contrast with orthodox Mao-period propaganda imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"735\"\u003eWill be supplied rolled, in mailing tube.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55734462284161,"sku":"LAN10231","price":350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/files\/ChineseCulturalRevolutionPoster_-_TrueSentiment-WhoWillBeMyCompanion_IMG_5523.jpg?v=1779968305","url":"https:\/\/www.lannaantique.com\/products\/chinese-cultural-revolution-poster-%e7%9c%9f%e6%83%85%e8%b6%a3-%e8%b0%81%e4%b8%8e%e6%88%91%e4%bd%9c%e4%bc%b4-true-sentiment-who-will-be-my-companion","provider":"Lanna Antique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}