Thanks to Kanye Wests blog, I found out who is the originator of this Obama poster which I so love. The creator is Shephard Fairly and he's putting the poster up for auction. The poster is done in mixed media stencil collage on a 4 x 6 foot cotton rag paper. Fairey donated this piece to Russell Simmons's Art for Life Auction, with proceeds going toward the Rush Philanthropic Art Foundation. Currently the bid for the poster is $75,000. I would have kept it. It's history. But I'm sure someone else is thinking the same thing and would love to have it. As long as it's for a good cause, we're good.
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