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Drawing, Button Design: Bright Idea (Light Bulb)

This is a Drawing. We acquired it in 2001. Its medium is graphite and color pencil on vellum. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Marion Weeber Welsh. It is credited Bequest of Marion Weeber Welsh.

Its dimensions are

7.6 x 7.6 cm (3 x 3 in. )

It is signed

In graphite, lower right: Marion Weeber

Cite this object as

Drawing, Button Design: Bright Idea (Light Bulb); graphite and color pencil on vellum; 7.6 x 7.6 cm (3 x 3 in. ); Bequest of Marion Weeber Welsh; 2006-2-90

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