Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date:
1924
Object Number:
1952.45
Medium:
Patinated plaster on a wooden base
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Handkerchief
Object Number:
2012.34
Date:
2012
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
21" (35.3 cm)L x 20 3/8" (51.8)W
Marks:
Tags on verso: "VOTE OBAMA" / "MACHINE WASH / COLD WATER / COLORS SEPARATE / TUMBLE DRY. LOW / REGULAR IRON / 100% COTTON / MADE IN RWANDA"
Description:
Printed cotton handkerchief featuring a repeating image of Barack Obama. Each image is composed of an outline of Obama, tinted light blue, with radiating red bands in the background. Each image measures 4 ½"H x 4"W. There are twenty full images on the handkerchief, with five images along the top and five images along the bottom that have been cut off.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
