<I>Obama 08</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2008
name: label: Created by
content: Van Taylor Monroe III, American
label: Subject of
content: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
label: Manufactured by
content: Nike Inc., American, founded 1971
notes: label: Description
content: One pair of hand-painted sneakers (.1ab) featuring Barack Obama, with shoe box (.2). 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.
place: label: Place made
content: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Van Taylor Monroe, III
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.4.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: shoes (footwear)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Nike
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on leather with rubber and synthetic fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (14 x 11.1 cm). 12 US shoe size.