Sujet

Obama 08, 2008. Creator: Van Taylor Monroe.

Légende

One pair of hand-painted sneakers featuring Barack Obama, first African-American presiden of the USA, made during his presidential campaign. The shoes are a pair of white basketball sneakers, Nike Air Force 1s, painted over with an image of Obama's face in tones of grey against a blue background on the side panel; each sneaker features Obama in a different pose with the title [Obama 08] to the bottom left.The logo from the Obama campaign is painted in color to the left of Obama's image and in grey on the top toe panel. The left shoe (.1a) has navy laces and features the message [YES WE CAN] in white against a navy background; the right shoe (.1b) has red laces and features the message [CHANGE] in white against a navy background. The sneakers also feature blue stars placed on the inner shoe front panel and the artist's signature on the left sneaker.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_462

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

24,9Mo (849,5Ko) / 31,4cm x 19,8cm / 3714 x 2340 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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