Vanity Fair published a two-part feature with unprecedented imagery of the Trump administration, shot by photographer Christopher Anderson. Diet Prada annotated the photos, highlighting that a floral still life by French impressionist Berthe Morisot, titled *Peonies* (1869), appears behind press secretary Karoline Leavitt and is currently available as a print through Walmart. The painting belongs to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., which lists it as not on view and declined to comment on whether it is on loan to the White House. The Trump administration has not responded to inquiries about the artwork's provenance or whether it was newly installed or left over from a previous administration.
This matters because it raises questions about the authenticity and sourcing of art in the White House under the Trump administration, contrasting with standard loan practices that typically take nearly a year to arrange. The incident also underscores the intersection of political imagery, art history, and consumer culture, as a major museum piece is reproduced as a Walmart print. Additionally, it highlights the ongoing scrutiny of the Trump administration's relationship with art institutions, recalling past controversies such as Trump's request for a Van Gogh from the Guggenheim and his erroneous claim about a portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt.