Suc manh tat thang [The strength of Victory]

Place Asia: Vietnam, North Vietnam
Accession Number ARTV10378
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 83.3 x 58.5 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description gouache on paper
Maker Unknown
Place made Vietnam
Date made post-1970
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

This North Vietnamese poster presents a strong, imposing Vietnamese family who are willing to fight to defend their culture. Propaganda posters encouraged children to work hard. Here, though the children lean against their parents, they are depicted as presenting a unified front against the enemy. With striking facial features, the work is clearly reflective of a Soviet-influenced Social Realist style.
This poster shows some evidence that it may have been produced after the conclusion of the Vietnam War for the tourist market. As such it represents the broader social and economic movement in contemporary Vietnam of the commodification of propaganda imagery and war 'souvenirs' for a commercial and tourist market.