97cm (W) x 97cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Acrylic on stretched canvas
 
Mao Zedong, China’s communist leader and the founder of the People’s Republic of China, in failing health swam across the Yangtze River to show his vitality to the Chinese people. Many photos were taken of Mao in the water that day. Only his disembodied head could be seen in the water.