Here the happy idiot is about to go over the falls or shoot the rapids, whatever, as the generic victims of his ruthless industry are coming back the other way. I can't remember how I came about doing this. Still in my pre-computer period, a lot of photocopying fish bones for stencils, that's for sure. The Michelangelesque body was meant to evoke the 'heroic' industrial ideal, but I didn't carry this through the series.

It's getting repainted in dribs and drabs (note the too pale, underpainted hat, for example.)

Prospective buyers are forewarned that the painting is two inches wider than will fit in an average station wagon. This was a serious error in judgment on my part, for which I've knocked several thousand dollars off the purchase price. For this reason have alternative transportation at your disposal upon receipt.