Time is Life

China, 1975

30 x 24 in (76 x 61 cm)

ID #FF20D-PK21-L-17

"时间就是生命"

This propaganda poster depicts Norman Bethune, a Canadian surgeon, advocate of socialized medicine, and member of the Communist Party, who worked as a wartime doctor in China.

Part of a series promoting the Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) led by Mao Zedong.

Artist: Zhang Xin'guo (张辛国)

Printer: Hebei renmin chubanshe (河北人民出版社)

Condition: Fair, damage along sides

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