Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pin back button
Object Number:
2003.97.27
Date:
1990-2002
Medium:
Metal, paper, mylar
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 in. (5.4 × 5.4 cm)
Description:
Square pin-back button; yellow letters on black ground: "ABOLISH / THE / DEATH PENALTY". Below on white ground, in red; "IT’S NOT A PUNISHMENT, IT’S A CRIME"; in black letters; "AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA"
Amnesty International, founded in 1961, is the world’s largest grass-roots organization dedicated to fighting for human rights. The elimination of capital punishment is one of its aims.
Credit Line:
Gift of Irwin Silver
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
