[CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION POSTERS].

生命不息，冲锋不止.[Sheng ming bu xi, chong feng bu zhi]. Charger L'ennemi Jusqu'au Dernier Souffle.
[Chinese Cultural Revolution Posters -Charge the Enemy to the Last Breath].

北京.Pekin. 外文出版社.[Wai wen chu ban she]. 1970. Stock ID #157974

Chinese Cultural Revolution poster in colour depicting a wounded soldier in the centre of the image charging fearlessly towards the enemy, while behind him a combat medic tries to resume medical treatment on him. In the background more soldiers fight. Lower and right edges lightly browned, occasional closed tears right edge, otherwise in very good condition. Blocks of text right section and lower margin in Chinese and French. Poster measures 53.1 x 76.6cm.

Blocks of text in French and Chinese give a brief summary of the story, it translates as:

"The picture depicts a heroic soldier who was wounded in the head in a battle against aggression. In order to defend Chairman Mao and the motherland, he stops the medical treatment from a combat medic and continues to rush to the enemy with his submachine gun. The PLA's heroic spirit, and desire to defeat the enemy demonstrates his revolutionary spirit of 'not afraid of bitterness, not afraid of death' as with, hatred in his eyes, he moves swiftly towards the enemy."

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Price: $350.00 AU

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