Stencil

Object Number: 
2017.34.2
Date: 
2016
Medium: 
Mylar
Dimensions: 
Overall: 20 × 15 in. (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
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Description: 

Hand-cut stencil on Mylar with portrait of Hillary Clinton; text “HILLZ” in blackletter typeface below.

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Brandon Litman (b. 1981), a street artist, documentary filmmaker, and serial entrepreneur, began his series of political stencils to promote Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign among millennial voters.

Litman’s stencil portrait of Clinton is after the official poster designed by Tony Puryear for her 2008 primary campaign, which in turn uses a portrait taken by the photographer and rock singer Bryan Adams around 2004. The stencil designs feature different taglines—about ten variations in all—that appear beneath Clinton’s image.

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Credit Line: 
Gift of Brandon Litman
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Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group