Book Description

An unusually explicit Red China poster, advertising adult products (birth control?), which dates to after 1969. Produced by The People’s Fine Art House. The approximate size 20 ½ x 29 ¾ in. The print is after a painting by an unknown artist, an unusual image, especially when such material appeared under the hardline Maoist aesthetic in the Cultural Revolution, although sexual life in a family setting was not apparently proscribed. In rough translation the headline apparently reads “Who is my companion ?“ which might suggest a warning against taking unknown sexual companions. The design, with the naked female, red clothing, embroidered ball, and water, apparently represents love, and sexual passion. Sold as a decorative poster as we are unsure of the originality of the work. We haven’t found another copy of this poster online.
Author ANON
Date Unknown. Probable reproduction.

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