Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
AIDS lapel ribbon
Object name
AIDS lapel ribbon
Date
1990
Medium
Synthetic satin ribbon, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 3.8 cm )
Description
Overlapping red ribbon with safety pin, to be worn on lapel.
Credit Line
Gift of Paul Gunther
Object Number
2003.15.1
Gallery Label
This ribbon was given to the donor by Frank Moore, an AIDS activist who helped create the red ribbon symbol for AIDS awareness. Moore was one of the first members of Visual AIDS, which launched the Red Ribbon project in 1990. The overlapping red ribbon, worn on lapels, has become an internationally-recognized representation of the struggle against AIDS. Moore died of complications from AIDS in 2002, at age 48.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
