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Large black two-holed button in top half, smaller yellow two-holed button at bottom.
Two Buttons
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Two Buttons

Artist Donald Sultan (American, born 1951)
Printer Ross Zirkle
DateOctober 16, 1996
MediumColor lithograph on paper
Dimensions15 3/16 x 11 in. (38.6 x 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Clinton and Mary Adams
Object number1998.14.16
Collections
Visual DescriptionLarge black two-holed button in top half, smaller yellow two-holed button at bottom.
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