To make this work, Sherrie Levine cut out President Washington’s silhouette from a page of a woman’s fashion magazine. This profile, originally designed by sculptor John Flanagan, appeared on the 1932 quarter to commemorate the bicentennial of Washington’s birth. By appropriating this image from U.S. currency and recreating it using a fashion editorial, Levine explores the way advertisers commodify women to sell goods and lifestyles.