Nude female wearing Mao hat and lighting cigarette. The standing figure is positioned in front of a black star graphic. The negative spaces between the points of the star are filled with green and red abstraction.
This large work, 'Chinese Female Nude Communist Pop Art,' is 36 x 35.75 inches and has no known artist. It is a Pop Art work, depicting a female nude figure in the forefront, taking up the center of the composition. The figure, presumably Chinese, is depicted at a 1/2 length, her stomach meets the bottom edge of the work, just above where her belly button would be. Both of her arms are lifted towards her face, covering both breasts while one hand lights a cigar in her mouth and the other blocks the wind. Her eyes are shaded from the green military hat she wears, only her mouth and nose are visible and her hair is braided into two braids that lay in front of both shoulders, falling just below her armpits. The green military hat has a red star on it, representing Communist China, which is also symbolized by the large black star shape, surrounded by a red and green background, that she stands in front of. The artist portrays the woman to be standing in what appears to be a spotlight, as there are heavy shadows casted on her figure. This is especially seen in the military hat as the red star is highlighted and the rest of the hat blends into the black star that she stands in front of. There is a gradient of light within the background, creating a vignette around the border with more light focused in around the black star shape.
- Subject Matter: Female portrait
- Collections: "Collected Works From 1515", 1stDibs