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). n 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).