Art
How to Golf, Air Force One, 1996 (limited edition, framed photo)
- Item Number
- 108
- Estimated Value
- 2000 USD
- Sold
- 1000 USD to Live Event Bidder
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
Bill Clinton enjoys a reputation as bookish and wonky, a voracious reader of history and political tomes. But in this photo aboard Air Force One, David Hume Kennerly captures Clinton doing some more casual reading. It is during his 1996 campaign for re-election, but it’s not swing states that the 42nd president has on his mind. He is reading How to Golf.
“Most people would imagine that he’d be looking at some important documents, but instead he is studying how to control his golf swing,” Kennerly said. “As a fellow golfer, I know that is important!”
Many presidents have turned to golf for a respite from official business – of the last 18 presidents, 15 have played – but not many were as passionate about the sport as Clinton. He earned such a reputation for taking “do-over” golf shots, known as mulligans, that the press dubbed them “Billigans.” Whatever his choice of reading material, Clinton would easily beat his Republican rival Bob Dole.
Item Special Note
This framed photo is signed and numbered by Kennerly. It is a 16" by 20" archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta paper.
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