The LA artist behind this $1m Trump micropenis painting is being 'threatened by his lawyers' if she sells the nude portrait
- Ilma Gore's painting went viral in February after she posted it on Facebook
- Said she was called by someone claiming to be from Trump's legal team
- She said they plan to sue her if she ends up selling the painting
- The nude portrait is currently on display at a gallery in London
- It has reportedly received bids of more than $140,000
The Los Angeles artist who painted a nude portrait of Donald Trump - complete with a micropenis - said his legal team is now threatening to sue.
Ilma Gore's Make America Great Again painting went viral in February after she posted the image to her Facebook, where it was shared more than 260,000 times.
Gore said she was soon pummeled with thousands of death and rape threats and even stalkers at her home.
Los Angeles artist Ilma Gore said she is being threatened by Trump's legal team after painting a portrait that showed that GOP presidential hopeful in the nude - and with a micropenis
Gore (pictured) said she was pummeled with thousands of death and rape threats and even stalkers at her home after releasing a picture of the portrait on her Facebook, where it was shared more than 260,000 times
And now an anonymous number claiming to belong to Trump's legal team has called her twice threatening a lawsuit if the painting is sold, Gore told The Independent.
The painting is currently on display at the Maddox Gallery in London and valued at $1million.
It has received bids for more than $140,000, according to The Guardian.
Gore was unable to display the painting in the US after museums came under threat from supporters of the GOP presidential hopeful.
But the artist says she is not fazed and that she still plans to sell the piece and donate a portion of the proceeds to Sage Place for Youth, a charity supporting homeless young people.
'It is my art and I stand by it,' she said. 'Plus anyone who is afraid of a fictional penis is not scary to me.'
But the painting seems to scare others plenty. Both Facebook and eBay have banned the photo and have threatened to sue Gore for copyright violation under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
The painting is currently on display at the Maddox Gallery in London and valued at $1million. Gore was unable to display the painting in the US after museums came under threat from Trump supporters
But the artist says she is not fazed and that she still plans to sell the piece and donate a portion of the proceeds to Sage Place for Youth, a charity supporting homeless young people
Threats from Trump supporters also kept the painting from being displayed at any museum in the country.
But Gore is hardly backing down. The artist said she plans to unveil a new painting inspired by the presidential campaign next week, she told the New York Daily News.
Gore's painting may have been the first real mention of the size of Trump's manhood during the presidential race, but it certainly wasn't the last.
Sen Marco Rubio seemed to make a veiled reference to it during a rally in Virginia weeks after Gore released her painting to the masses.
'And you know what they say about men with small hands?' Rubio asked the crowd. 'You can't trust them.'
Trump then directly addressed Rubio's dig during a Republican debate in March, saying: 'I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee.'
Gore said it doesn't really matter what the actual size of Trump's penis is.
'You can be a massive p**** despite what's in your pants!' she told the Independent.
The naked Trump is not the only artwork to appear of Trump in recent months. Candadian comedian Davison drew a surprisingly accurate picture, given she used her breasts to paint it
Davison leans towards it while holding her breast in one hand, and a palette of paint colors in the other
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Gore isn't the only member of the art world to portray the Republican presidential nominee front-runner in a less-than-flattering piece of art.
Canadian comedian Davison, of the YouTube channel LOLPervs, filmed herself painting a portrait of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with her breast because he is the 'biggest boob on the internet', she explained.
Davison auctioned off the innovative work of art featuring the 69-year-old at 32auctions and promised to donate 50 percent of the proceeds to a breast cancer charity of Trump's choosing.
Meanwhile, Sarah Levy, of Portland, painted his portrait in her period blood.
Levy describes her red-and-white picture of Trump, who looks like he is speaking, as 'menses on a matte board' and has titled it 'Whatever'.
The work was meant as a protest against Trump's comments about women and menstruation.
Eyebrow-raising artwork: Another artist, Sarah Levy, painted this portrait of Donald Trump in her menstrual blood after being angered by the billionaire's comments about women and menstration
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