Pinback button for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Photograph by
- Maxon, Normand
- Issued by
- Ailey, Alvin American Dance Theater, American, founded 1958
- Subject of
- Ailey, Alvin, American, 1931 - 1989
- Date
- ca. 1988
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 5/16 in. (7.9 × 5.4 × 0.8 cm)
- Description
- A pinback button for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The button has a purple background with gray lettering and an image of Alvin Ailey. Gray text at the top of the button reads [Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater]. Below the text is an image of Ailey, bent down on one knee with his arms raised in the air. Underneath the image, additional gray text reads [For 30 Years The Heart And Soul Of Dance]. Gray text on an exterior edge of the button credits the photograph [Photo of Alvin Ailey By Normand Maxon]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Topic
- Modern dance
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Object number
- 2013.68.33
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible