Long Live Revolutionary China

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V&A South Kensington
Photography Centre, Room 100, The Bern and Ronny Schwartz Gallery

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Moscow (printed and published)

This Russian poster proclaims support for the revolutionary struggle in China. Sun Yat Sen, the leader of the Chinese nationalist party (Kuomintang) is depicted in the centre of the poster, surrounded by other Chinese leaders. Under Lenin's leadership in the 1920s, Russia expressed her support for Sun Yat Sen and the nationalist cause, hoping they would bring about the end of imperial rule in China.

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Categories	Posters War Politics
Object type	Poster
Title	Long Live Revolutionary China
Materials and techniques	printed, lithograph Paper Lithograph
Brief description	'Long Live Revolutionary China'; Moscow, 1927
Physical description	poster printed in blue, red and black ink, depicting black and white photographic portraits of Chinese leaders, street scenes of Canton and a map of China.
Dimensions	Height: 107.7cm Width: 71.7cm
Gallery label	(May 2023) Photographs can embody the dynamism of large-scale protest. This poster, made in the Soviet Union, illustrates the fierce support for Sun Yat-sen, China’s first president, for the role he played in overthrowing the country’s last dynasty – the Qing – in 1911. Before his death in 1925, Sun formed an alliance with the Soviet Union in cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party. In the poster, the sun radiates above him, symbolising the celebration of this popular uprising against dynastic rule.
Credit line	Gift of Michael Voggenauer in memory of Jordan Munteanu
Subject depicted	Sen, Sun Yat
Summary	This Russian poster proclaims support for the revolutionary struggle in China. Sun Yat Sen, the leader of the Chinese nationalist party (Kuomintang) is depicted in the centre of the poster, surrounded by other Chinese leaders. Under Lenin's leadership in the 1920s, Russia expressed her support for Sun Yat Sen and the nationalist cause, hoping they would bring about the end of imperial rule in China.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.617-2014

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Record created	July 17, 2014
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1296504/long-live-revolutionary-china-poster-unknown/

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