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Broken Button
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Broken Button

Artist/Maker (United States (born Sweden), 1929-2022)
Date1981
Mediumcast paper
DimensionsOverall: 16 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (41.3 x 36.2 x 16.5 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Martin B. Grossman
Terms
    Object number86.0155
    DescriptionThis is a maquette of Oldenburg's second major outdoor sculpture in Philadelphia. Placed in front of Blanche Levy Park, the button is divided into four parts - for William Penn's original Philadelphia squares. The split represents the Schuylkill River, which separates Pennsylvania from New Jersey.
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