Happy family

快乐的家庭
Kuaile de jiating
Happy family
1954, October
Shanghai huapian chubanshe (上海画片出版社)
78.5x55 cm.
PC-1954-024

A workers' family of six in the living room of their house in a newly built district, seen through the window. Center of attention is the youngest child, trying to catch a balloon with a peace dove on it. The date on the calendar on the wall is May 1, 1953 -  International Workers' Day, a national holiday in China. Left and right of the calendar are pennants reading 劳动模范 (Model worker) and 学习模范 (Study model). On the left the inevitable Mao portrait, between the slogans 跟共产党走 (Follow the Communist Party) and 听毛主席话 (Listen to Chairman Mao).
This is a print from the second impression, October 1955 (print run 10.001 to 47.500).