Collection Highlights
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
c. 1940-45
1947.216
Watercolor, gouache, white tempera, and charcoal on heavy watercolor paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pin: Liberty in Spain
Title
Pin: Liberty in Spain
Object name
Badge
Date
1937
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 0.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description
Metal pin-back badge "FRIEND/ABRAHAMLINCOLN/BRIGADE/FOR/LIBERTY/IN SPAIN"; red, white and blue; badge in shape of a bell; soldiers profile.
Object Number
INV.2513
Gallery Label
During the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), 2,800 American volunteers took up arms to defend the Spanish Republic against a military rebellion led by General Franco and aided by Hitler and Mussolini. To the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which fought from 1937 through 1938, the defense of the Republic represented the last hope of stopping the spread of international fascism.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
