Portrait Made With Toy Soldiers by Joe Black

5500 toy soldiers took Joe Black to make a portrait of the young Chinese soldier. The painting was named – Made in China, which is a copy of the cover of LIFE magazine, the January issue 1938 year. The picture reminds of the involvement of children in the war between Japan and China (1937 – 1945).

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