Andrea Bowers (American, born 1965). <em>Design of Choice (Never Again with Flowers)</em>, 2005. Color pencil with graphite underdrawing, 10 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (26.4 × 35.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Eileen Harris Norton, 2016.37.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , 2016.37.1_PS11.jpg)

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Andrea Bowers (American, born 1965). Design of Choice (Never Again with Flowers), 2005. Color pencil with graphite underdrawing, 10 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (26.4 × 35.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Eileen Harris Norton, 2016.37.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , 2016.37.1_PS11.jpg)

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This pin, with its wire hanger illustration and its slogan "NEVER AGAIN," is a statement against the dangerous home abortions that women have often resorted to due to the illegality of abortion procedures and criminalization of abortion providers.

Bowers wants to acknowledge and honor the activism of the women of the 1960s pro-choice movement, before Roe v. Wade was passed in 1973. And she does it through this beautifully decorated pencil drawing.

Design of Choice (Never Again with Flowers)

Andrea Bowers

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

ARTIST Andrea Bowers, American, born 1965

MEDIUM Color pencil with graphite underdrawing

DATES 2005

DIMENSIONS 10 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (26.4 × 35.2 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 2016.37.1

CREDIT LINE Gift of Eileen Harris Norton

EXHIBITIONS

Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Andrea Bowers (American, born 1965). Design of Choice (Never Again with Flowers), 2005. Color pencil with graphite underdrawing, 10 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (26.4 × 35.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Eileen Harris Norton, 2016.37.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , 2016.37.1_PS11.jpg)

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