Title from caption on object: “Stars of One of America’s Most Spectacular Atomic Tests Will Be the Mannequins…”
April 24, 1955
Artist, American, 1910 - 1998
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print with applied color
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 17.7 × 20 cm (6 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
sheet: 19 × 20.6 cm (7 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.404
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
retouching across recto in gray paint; on verso, upper center stamped in blue ink: ENGRAVING / 1955 APR 25 AM 8:45; by unknown hand, upper center in red ink circled: Atom Bomb Test - Nevada - / April 1955; center left stamped in blue ink perpendicular: ARTISTS / 1955 APR 25 AM 8:30; by unknown hand, center in graphite circled: 1; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: Stars of one of America’s most spectacular atomic / tests will be the mannikins (above), only residents of the / 10 typical American-style homes built for Tuesday’s atomic / tests at Yucca Flat, Nev. Through the picture window is / the tower (arrow) on which the detonation will occur. The / tower is 4,700 feet away from this building. The explosion / will be double the strength of the atomic bomb that / wrecked Hiroshima.; center stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper: S APR 25 1955 2; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: 3/4 / p