Interpretation
Round, 4.4 cm. diam., large silver Mao head floating above center against a ruby ground with starburst pattern. Below (center) = book with title “毛泽东选集” & a red 5-point star, resting on a bed of 7 sunflowers and leaves.
Back: Oval indentation; clasp above center. Inscription above indentation, following curve of upper edge of badge: 敬祝毛主席万寿无疆”; inside indentation, near bottom, = “忠”. Below indentation: “8172 部队”.
Information
- Title
- Mao badge
- Object Number
- 2009-19.115
- Medium
- 146 political badges of various shapes and sizes pinned on a T-shirt with a silkscreened image of Mao Zedong in pigtails by Zhang Hongtu
- Dimensions
- badge: diam. 4.4 cm. (1 3/4 in.): overall: ca. 77 x ca. 90 cm. (30 5/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Zhang Hongtu
- Culture
- Chinese
- Period
- Modern period
–2009 Collection of Zhang Hongtu (Woodside, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2009.
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