Aug 01, 2012 - Sale 2284

Sale 2284 - Lot 153

Price Realized: $ 4,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
FANG CHENG & ZHONG LING (DATES UNKNOWN) [RESOLUTELY SMASH THE AMERICAN INVADERS' VICIOUS PLANS OF GERM WARFARE.] 1952.
29x20 inches, 74 3/4x50 3/4 cm. The People's Art Publishing House, Beijing.
Condition B+ / B: repaired tears and restoration at edges, some affecting image; restored losses in bottom corners; creases and abrasions in margins and image. Paper. Framed.
Used by the sanitation and anti-epidemic research team of the People's Volunteer Army, this poster's message was to "Support Korea, Fight Against US," claiming that America used bacterial warfare during the Korean War.