China during the Cultural Revolution: Premier Zhou Enlai talking to oil workers in the Great Hall of the People and emphasizing the importance of Mao Zhedong's thoughts. Colour lithograph after Wang Tieniu and others, 1977.
- Wang, Tieniu.
- Date:
- July 1977
- Reference:
- 661011i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
After a meeting in which he had introduced the thoughts of Chairman Mao, the Prime Minister Zhou Enlai (Chou En Lai) is walking out with industrial worker delegates in the Great Hall of the People. Premier Zhou is amiably talking to a group of oil workers, and telling them to learn the Chairman’s collectanea earnestly. To pioneer a successful career relies on the Chairman’s ideology. In the background is the wall painting named 'Jiang shan ru ci duo jiao' ('How charming the rivers and mountains are!'), derived from Mao’s famous poem 'Qin yuan chun xue'
Publication/Creation
Hebei sheng : Hebei ren min chu ban she, July 1977 (Hebei : Hebei ren min mei shu yin shua chang)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 52.6 x 37.8 cm
Lettering
Chuang ye kao Mao Zedong si xiang
Bears publication number (Shu hao): 8086-769
Edition
Di yi ban; Di yi ci yin shua [1 ed.; 1st printing]; Yin shu 1-20,000 [print run].
Reference
Wellcome Collection 661011i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores