International Socialists Revolutionary Portrait Button Collection
1968 - 1 3/4 inches
 
A collection of twenty political buttons designed by Lisa Lyons and issued by the Independent Student Club. Each features a boldly rendered portrait of a historical political or revolutionary figure paired with a slogan, including Big Bill Haywood, Karl Liebknecht, Friedrich Engels, Emiliano Zapata, William Morris, Jean-Paul Marat, Karl Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, Harriet Tubman, V.I. Lenin, Sam Adams, Eugene Debs, Malcolm X, James Connolly, John Brown, Nat Turner, Frederick Douglass, Tom Paine, Joe Hill, and Leon Trotsky. Produced in several day-glo colors, the striking graphic treatment reflects the visual language of late-1960s political and activist culture. Rarely is a collection of these buttons offered entirely in a single color, making this uniformly pink group an especially cohesive presentation of the series.
 
Condition: Excellent.