Mao Slogans (1 results)

[Nanning ? ca. 1966]. Two vertical Mao slogans, red ink on thin paper, very good, clean, bright, a few old tiny mended closed tears, else remarkably solid & firm, sheet: 76 x 25.5 cm.; print: 73.3 x 33.7 cm.* * RARE FIRST & ONLY EDITION * * . *** **** *** . . A MATCHING PAIR OF VERTICAL SLOGANS BY CHAIRMAN MAO . . . ISSUED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WENHUA DA GEMING . . . [CULTURAL REVOLUTION], CA. AUTUMN, 1966 . . . FOR BENEFIT OF HONG WEI BING [RED GUARDS] . . * A pair of matching Mao slogan posters. Printed in red ink over white paper. . THE TRANSLATION: Panel a. left side, Mao faces right reads: . "Guojia jiguan de gaige, zuì genben de yitiao, jiushì lianxì qunzhong. Máo Zédong." . "The most fundamental aspect of the reform of state organs is to connect with the masses. Mao Zedong" . Right panel, Mao faces left reads: . "Renmín, zhiyou renmín, cái shì chuàngzao shìjie lìshi de dònglì. Máo Zédong." . The people, and only the people, are the driving force behind the creation of world history. Mao Zedong." . *** IMPRINT: In the lower right corners is the imprint: Guangxi x x qu ren min qu ban she" . *** CONDITION: . This is a pair of original ca. 1966 period posters. The items are firm and solid. There are a couple of small old holes mended from the back side from the past, along with a couple of tiny margin closed mended tears. By and large this is an excellent example of WENHUA DA GEMING [CULTURAL REVOLUTIONARY] period Mao slogans. . Being printed on very thin cheap paper these were very ephemeral, few survived the attrition rate. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *.