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[Portrait of Marilyn Monroe as Chairman Mao Zedong]

Date

1952

Medium

Gelatin silver print collage

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

A unique collage of a bust-length portrait of Mao Zedong with Marilyn Monroe's face in place of Mao's. Monroe looks out at the camera through half-closed eyes and smiles at the camera. The cut out of her face ends just above her browline, giving way to Mao's forehead and characterstic hairstyle. Mao wears a tightly buttoned up jacket and his shoulders are partially turned to the left.

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