Hiroshima Atom Bomb Cloud

August 6, 1945

George R. Caron

Artist, American, 1919 - 1995

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.7 × 18.8 cm (9 5/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.5 × 20.6 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.388


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

crop marks upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right in black ink; crop marks upper center in red crayon; on verso, top left printed in black ink: Hiroshima Japan Scenes / (Bomb Scenes); by unknown hand, top center in graphite: -13-; upper left stamped in red ink: JUN 2 1975 E; upper left: AUG 6 1975 M; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: VELOX SAME / SIZE / 8 1/2 “ WIDE [crossed out]; center left printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: ACY-090-BS; by unknown hand, lower center in blue ink: Wed highlight


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