Feb 07, 2002 - Sale 1924

Sale 1924 - Lot 19

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
[RAISE HIGH THE RED LANTERN AND THE RED BOOK.] 1974.
30 1/8x21 inches. People's Art Publishing Company.
Condition A-: wrinkles and creases in image. Paper.
A young girl in green and red in the uniform of a Red Guard, complete with arm band and Mao badge, is holding a copy of the Little Red Book of Quotations tied with a pink ribbon in one hand and cradling an automatic rifle in the other. Above her, in red, is her classic role model, the actress who played the heroine in the revolution model opera "Raise High the Red Lantern."