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American Bastille
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.E458.8.M36.1870F.XL
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Button
Object Number:
2003.97.6
Date:
1963-1966
Medium:
Metal, paper, mylar
Dimensions:
Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Description:
Circular white pin-back button with black line drawing, a caricature of a sad looking Albert Einstein (1879-1955).
This button, with drawing by David Levine (1926-2009) was issued by the New York Review of Books. Such drawings, on buttons, calendars, T-shirts, etc. are used as gifts to subscribers and sold in the Review’s store.
Credit Line:
Gift of Irwin Silver
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
