Wall of steel

钢墙铁壁
Gang qiang tie bi
Wall of steel
ca. 1972
Renmin meishu chubanshe (人民美术出版社), Beijing
38x53 cm.
PC-197a-s-005

Mao and Red Army soldiers meeting civilians (peasants) who build up lines of defense against attacking Guomindang forces in northern Shaanxi, March 1947.
Poster reproduction of a painting by Zhang Ziyi and Cai Liang, originally created for the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall, exhibited at the 1972 National Art Exhibition in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the publication of the "Talks at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art", and since then in the collection of the National Art Museum of China. The artists' names are not mentioned on the poster, which is credited to the Shaanxi Provincial Fine Arts Creation Group".