Art collectors with deep pockets can now buy their own copy of the naked Donald Trump statue that was covertly installed in cities around the U.S., including New York, last Thursday.
The full-frontal sculpture, which stands four inches taller than the 6-foot-2-inch Republican presidential candidate, features details like a orange comb-over, a protruding belly, and a sagging behind.
A replica of the Trump statue that captivated New Yorkers last week — after appearing in Union Square Park for a brief span of two hours — is now going for the princely sum of $10,000.
Proceeds will go to artist Joshua "Ginger" Monroe — who had previously stated his work was pro bono — and INDECLINE, the self-described "activist" and "nonprofit collective" that commissioned and installed the work illegally, the group said in a press release Sunday.
"INDECLINE ... will use 100% of the proceeds to fund future protest projects against the various forms of social and environmental abuse enacted by American government agencies and corporations," the statement said.
The group currently sells items like stencils, T-shirts, posters and beanies to fund its projects. Those include illegal graffiti on an abandoned runway in an active military site in California, an anti-Trump mural on the U.S.-Mexico border, and a video showing stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame covered in the names of African-Americans killed by the police.
While the group has insisted on anonymity in recent interviews with the press, multiple sources link Ryen McPherson to INDECLINE.
Speaking in the collective "we" in a March interview with The Root, McPherson took credit for the #BlackLivesMatter video mentioned above.
The Root characterized McPherson as the "founder" of a "production company."
"Ryen McPherson is not the founder of INDECLINE," an anonymous spokesperson told DNAinfo in an email.
McPherson did however submit applications to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Jan. 22, 2014, to trademark the group's name and logo, featuring a stick-figure business man holding a briefcase and sporting a set of horns.
The film director's personal website presents an INDECLINE project called "Wheel of Misfortune" as part of his portfolio.
McPherson first caught the public's attention in 2002, as a co-producer with Daniel Tanner of the "Bumfight" video series, which shows homeless people performing dangerous stunts for small amounts of money and lots of alcohol. McPherson and Tanner were charged with felony battery and pleaded guilty to arranging a fight without a battery before going to trial in San Diego, California, in 2003.
In 2014, McPherson and Tanner were accused of attempting to ship packages containing a preserved human body parts from Thailand to the United States, the Associated Press reported. They told police they wanted to surprise friends at home with their bizarre deliveries.
