Aug 03, 2016 - Sale 2421

Sale 2421 - Lot 280

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DESIGNER UNKNOWN [MAO ZEDONG.]
77 1/2x59 1/2 inches, 197x151 cm.
Condition B+: sharp creases and abrasions in image; replaced loss at left edge into image. Paper. Framed.
Over the course of several decades, multiple artists have contributed to the painted portrait of Mao, replicated by this poster. The original painting, hanging at the Tiananmen gate has been re-painted for restoration every year, in a collaboration among artists including Zhang Zhenshi, Wang Guodong and Ge Xiaoguang. This is an unusually large version of this poster - said to be the largest.