Atomic Bomb Test Sequence, Operation Upshot-Knothole, Nevada Proving Ground, #2

March 17, 1953

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 10.9 × 13.7 cm (4 5/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.137.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

on verso, top center partially visible copyright stamp in black ink perpendicular; by unknown hand, top center in pink ink: Atom Bomb Test – Nevada – 195[cut off]; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: 1/3 Second Heat Wave Sets Structure Afire; by unknown hand, lower center in red pencil circled and inverted: 2; lower center in red pencil: 2 col x 3’’ [illegible] p.p.; along right edge stamped in red ink: 4th E[cut off] / MAR 20 [cut off]

Wikidata ID

Q64144789

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