Title from caption on object: “Stars of One of America’s Most Spectacular Atomic Tests Will Be the Mannequins…”

April 24, 1955

Dick Strobel

Associated Names
Dick Strobel

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

Associated Press

Publisher

The image shows a series of geometric shapes formed by large window panes in the background. In the foreground, mannequin figures resembling a woman and a child with smooth, rounded forms and painted features are present. To the right, smaller child-like mannequins are posed on a platform. An arrow points to a spot behind the window. The scene suggests a storefront display or family tableau, where ordinary objects take on an abstract quality through the stillness of mannequins.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • 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 Number

    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

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