Sun Yat-sen
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When Smith was asked about this sculpture he replied, "That would be Sun Yat Sen. A China woman. Called Sun Yat Sen. I don't know what she done. I just found her in a magazine. I built that one laying down and got a truck to raise it up. I let her sit there. That's a good place for her." He may have mistaken Sun Yat Sen for a female, owing to the Chinese dress-like garment. He admired Chinese culture and for years had grown ginseng which he sold, via New York, to a Chinese market. Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) was a Chinese statesman who announced his program for a Chinese Democratic Republic in 1907. He was elected president of the Chinese Republic in 1911 and founded the Chinese National Party in 1912.
