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Title
pencil box
Creator
unknown Chinese
Chinese
People's Republic of China [Zhongguo]
Date
October 1966
Type
box (container); writing materials
work
Medium
tin (metal); color (pigment)
color lithography; construction (assembling)
Identifier
SC-18-06
SC-18-06
SC-18-06.jpg
Rights
To request permission to publish or reproduce this work, please contact the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art.
Description
On the top of the lid, on a red ground a boy wearing a Young Pioneer red kerchief looks up from his reading and gazes thoughtfully into the distance. His open book has a five-pointed red star. To the left are the inscription in Chinese characters under four heroes of the approved operas. The interior lid has two girls playing ping-pong, the factory mark, and the date, all in red on the gray metal.
Do not forget class bitterness. Forever remember the sea-of-blood hatred [top of lid]; facrory mark and date [inside lid]
top of lid, left and center bottom; inside lid, left end of lid
This item was acquired by the donor about 2004 at Panjiayuan Market, Beijing for about 20 RMB [at 7 yuan to the dollar - about $3.00 in 2004].
Subject
cultural artifacts; propaganda
Source
Donor's notes
Publisher
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. State University of New York at New Paltz (New Paltz, New York, United States)
Study Collection. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
Relation
http://hvvacc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/sdma/id/5100
Coverage
Cultural Revolution
modern Chinese styles and periods
Tianjin, People's Republic of China [Zhongguo]
Provenance
Gift of Alfreda Murck
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URL
http://hvvacc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/sdma/id/5100