{"product_id":"death-nyc-barack-obama-toy-soldiers-hands-up-political-pop-art-print-2020","title":"Death NYC Barack Obama Toy Soldiers Hands Up Political Pop Art Print 2020","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto; color: #222; line-height: 1.6;\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- HEADER --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"background-color: #1a3a6b; color: #ffffff; padding: 24px 20px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n    \u003ch1 style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 28px; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: 1px;\"\u003eDEATH NYC\u003c\/h1\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; font-size: 16px; color: #c9a227; font-style: italic;\"\u003eBarack Obama × Toy Soldiers — \"Hands Up\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- SUBTITLE --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center; padding: 16px 20px; background-color: #f7f4ec; border-bottom: 2px solid #c9a227;\"\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; color: #1a3a6b; font-style: italic;\"\u003eHand-Signed, Hand-Numbered Limited Edition Political Pop Art Print — 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- WHAT YOU ARE GETTING --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"padding: 24px 20px;\"\u003e\n    \u003ch2 style=\"color: #1a3a6b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; border-left: 4px solid #c9a227; padding-left: 12px; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\"\u003eWhat You Are Getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAn authentic, hand-signed Death NYC limited edition political pop art print depicting former US President Barack Obama seated on a stool with both hands raised, while a row of green plastic toy soldiers — rifles drawn, bayonets fixed — take aim from the opposite side of the composition. The minimal black-and-green-on-cream palette amplifies the visual tension. \u003cstrong\u003eDated 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e and bearing an embossed Death NYC certification seal in the lower-left margin — a stamped authentication mark Death NYC began applying to a subset of editions to harden against forgeries. Pencil-signed and hand-numbered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003chr style=\"border: none; border-top: 2px solid #c9a227; margin: 0 20px;\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- PRINT DETAILS --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"padding: 24px 20px;\"\u003e\n    \u003ch2 style=\"color: #1a3a6b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; border-left: 4px solid #c9a227; padding-left: 12px; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\"\u003ePrint Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px;\"\u003e\n      \u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"background-color: #f7f4ec;\"\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a3a6b; width: 40%; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eArtist\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eDeath NYC (anonymous, NYC-based)\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a3a6b; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eBarack Obama × Toy Soldiers — \"Hands Up\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"background-color: #f7f4ec;\"\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a3a6b; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eYear\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003e2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a3a6b; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eEdition\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eLimited edition, hand-numbered [XX\/100]\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"background-color: #f7f4ec;\"\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a3a6b; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eSignature\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003ePencil-signed lower right; pencil-dated lower center\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a3a6b; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eAuthentication\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEmbossed Death NYC certification seal\u003c\/strong\u003e in lower-left margin\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"background-color: #f7f4ec;\"\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a3a6b; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eGiclée \/ screenprint on heavyweight textured fine art paper\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a3a6b; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d8c0;\"\u003eApproximately 17\" × 11.5\" (landscape, standard Death NYC format)\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a3a6b;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 14px;\"\u003eExcellent — stored flat in archival sleeve, never displayed unframed\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003chr style=\"border: none; border-top: 2px solid #c9a227; margin: 0 20px;\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- ABOUT THE WORK --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"padding: 24px 20px;\"\u003e\n    \u003ch2 style=\"color: #1a3a6b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; border-left: 4px solid #c9a227; padding-left: 12px; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\"\u003eAbout the Work\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 12px 0; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eA starkly political composition from a year that reset the visual vocabulary of American protest. The image juxtaposes a high-contrast cutout of Barack Obama — 44th President of the United States, in office 2009 to 2017 — seated and unarmed with his hands above his head, against a rank of green army-men toy soldiers in firing position. The \"hands up\" gesture references the protest language that emerged from Ferguson, Missouri in 2014 and reverberated through the 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eDating the work to 2020 anchors it firmly in that moment — a year of compounding political pressure during the lead-up to the US presidential election and the global response to the killing of George Floyd. Death NYC's choice to render the soldiers as plastic toys is the move that makes the piece work: it flattens militarized force into childhood play, asking which version is real and which is the rehearsal. A serious, archive-grade political print from a normally pop-driven artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003chr style=\"border: none; border-top: 2px solid #c9a227; margin: 0 20px;\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- ABOUT THE ARTIST --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"padding: 24px 20px;\"\u003e\n    \u003ch2 style=\"color: #1a3a6b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; border-left: 4px solid #c9a227; padding-left: 12px; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\"\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 12px 0; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color: #1a3a6b;\"\u003eDeath NYC\u003c\/strong\u003e is an anonymous New York-based street and pop artist who has been releasing limited edition signed prints since the early 2010s. While best known for high-density mashups of fine art, anime, streetwear, and luxury logos, Death NYC has also produced a smaller body of overtly political and historical work — of which this 2020 Obama piece is a strong example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eDeath NYC editions are pencil-signed, hand-numbered, and on select releases bear an embossed certification seal in the margin. The work has been collected and resold across major secondary markets including Heritage Auctions, Artsy, and 1stDibs. The political prints in particular tend to age well — context-rich, period-specific, and visually direct.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003chr style=\"border: none; border-top: 2px solid #c9a227; margin: 0 20px;\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- WHAT IS INCLUDED --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"padding: 24px 20px;\"\u003e\n    \u003ch2 style=\"color: #1a3a6b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; border-left: 4px solid #c9a227; padding-left: 12px; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\"\u003eWhat Is Included\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 20px; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\n      \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"\u003eOne (1) authentic hand-signed Death NYC limited edition print\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"\u003ePencil signature, edition number, and 2020 date annotation\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"\u003eEmbossed Death NYC certification seal in lower-left margin\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"\u003eShipped flat in archival sleeve between two rigid backing boards\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"\u003eFrame shown in photos is for display only and is \u003cstrong\u003enot included\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003chr style=\"border: none; border-top: 2px solid #c9a227; margin: 0 20px;\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- SHIPPING --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"padding: 24px 20px;\"\u003e\n    \u003ch2 style=\"color: #1a3a6b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; border-left: 4px solid #c9a227; padding-left: 12px; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\"\u003eShipping\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eShips via \u003cstrong\u003eUPS\u003c\/strong\u003e within 1–2 business days of cleared payment. Print is sandwiched between rigid backing boards inside a custom-fit, water-resistant flat mailer. Fully insured and tracked. International buyers welcome — please message before purchase for a quote.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003chr style=\"border: none; border-top: 2px solid #c9a227; margin: 0 20px;\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- CROSS-SELL --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"margin: 20px; padding: 18px; background-color: #f7f4ec; border: 1px solid #c9a227; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 6px 0; color: #1a3a6b; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px;\"\u003eBrowse the full Gauntlet Gallery collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 14px; color: #444; font-style: italic;\"\u003eAuthenticated street art, music memorabilia, and space collectibles. 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