在毛主席身边成长 Zai Mao zhuxi shenbian chengzhang Designer Shaanxi Province Fine Arts Creation Group (陕西省美术创作组) Date ca. 1973 Publisher Renmin meishu chubanshe (人民美术出版社), Beijing Size 38.5x53.5 cm. Call nr. PC-197a-s-004 Collection Private collection Notes Mao teaching soldiers in Yan'an. He holds an exercise book (練習本), the text on the slate reads Fight Japan - Save China (打日本 - 救中国). The newly planted trees on the right my be seen as a metaphor. Theme Yan'an 36.598578, 109.487171