万里长江横渡 Wanli Changjiang hengdu Designer Wei Yang (魏扬) Date 1976, June Publisher Renmin tiyu chubanshe (人民体育出版社), Beijing Size 76x106.5 cm. Call nr. BG E13/855 Collection Landsberger collection Notes Commemoration of Mao’s famous swim in the Yangzi river near the Yangzi River Bridge in Wuhan, July 1966. It is a demonstration of his strength, just before he unleashes the Cultural Revolution. The Mao portrait is a large version of the 1969 poster/photograph by Qian Sijie (錢嗣傑). Theme Chairman Mao swims across the Yangzi 30.55, 114.282
