Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.4338
Date:
1989-2000
Medium:
Plastic, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/4 x 2 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
A multicolored and patterned pinback button printed with "The World Has A Thirst For Freedom/ Pilsner Urquell/ Czechoslovakia". The emphasis on freedom probably indicates that the advertisement is from early in the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
