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c. 1986

Woman's Button Brooch

Patrick Kelly

American (active Paris), 1954 - 1990

Inspired by the mismatched buttons his grandmother had used to mend his shirts as a young boy, Kelly went on to adopt colorful, oversized buttons as his signature.

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Patrick Kelly, Woman's Button Brooch, c. 1986 | Philadelphia Museum of Art