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Toy gun with targets depicting the Gang of Four
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Description
The Gang of Four – Jiang Qing (Chairman Mao’s widow), Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan and Zhang Chunxi – were tried in 1979-80 and became a focus of public hatred following the death of Chairman Mao.
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1976 - 1979
- Associated people
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Jiang Qing (1914 - 1991) (subject)Wang Hongwen (1935 - 1992) (subject)Yao Wenyuan (1931 - 2005) (subject)Zhang Chunqiao (1917 - 2005) (subject)
- Material and technique
- metal gun; cardboard targets, printed, and attached to wooden stands; wooden darts, with rubber and metal ends
- Dimensions
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gun 6.5 x 15 x 2.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
target 13.2 x 12.8 x 2.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
dart 12 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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organic › vegetal › plant extract › tree latex › rubber
- Technique index
- Object type index
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arms/armour › ammunition › dart,
- No. of items
- 7
- Credit line
- Purchased, 2008.
- Accession no.
- EA2010.289
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Cultural Revolution: State Graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s (I)
(from 8th Mar until 3rd Jul 2011)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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