Sedan Crater, Northern End of Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site

© Emmet Gowin

Sedan Crater, Northern End of Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site

Currently not on view

Sedan Crater, Northern End of Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site,

1996

Emmet Gowin, born 1941, Danville, VA; active Princeton, NJ
1998-13

Information

Title
Sedan Crater, Northern End of Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site
Dates

1996

Maker
Emmet Gowin
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 35.9 x 35.3 cm (14 1/8 x 13 7/8 in.) sheet: 50.7 x 40.3 cm (19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in.) frame: 61.7 × 54 × 2.5 cm (24 5/16 × 21 1/4 × 1 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift in honor of Toby Jurovics
Object Number
1998-13
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Nevada, Sedan Crater, Yucca Flat

Inscription
Inscribed in graphite, verso along upper edge, left to right: 11 july 94 N [encircled] apo 17 @ 5.6 5 - + - 5 ft + +7 + 5 ami x
Culture
American
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
landscapes (representations), historic sites, nuclear test sites, sunlight, aerial bombs, aerial photography

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