Parsing Bill

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Parsing Bill is a 2012 oil painting by Australian artist Petrina Ryan-Kleid. A work of satire and parody created while the artist was a student, it depicts the former U.S. president Bill Clinton in a blue dress and red high heels, reclining across an armchair and pointing directly at the viewer. The painting was later owned by Jeffrey Epstein and displayed near the entrance of his townhouse in New York City. It came to public attention during investigations shortly before and after Epstein's death in 2019. Ryan-Kleid moved from Australia to the United States to study art. She created the painting for her master's thesis while completing a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree at the New York Academy of Art. Photographs from 2012 show Christophe Nayal, a long-time model at the academy, posed in the position depicted in the painting, with his legs crossed over the arm of a chair and pointing outward. Ryan-Kleid later added Clinton's face, along with background elements including walls, a bookcase...

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