Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414c
Medium:
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pin-back button
Object Number:
2002.70.6
Date:
1960-1970
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "Horn Co. Phila., PA 19126"
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "PEACE/The/not-so-silent/Spring." Image of a fist holding an olive branch; red, yellow and green.
Gallery Label:
The clenched fist logo is based on a woodcut made by graphic artist Frank Cieciorka (1939-2008). During the 1960s, the clenched fist became the iconic image for the New Left.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
