Ground Zero and Other Features on Frenchman Flat, Nevada Test Site

© Emmet Gowin

Ground Zero and Other Features on Frenchman Flat, Nevada Test Site

Currently not on view

Ground Zero and Other Features on Frenchman Flat, Nevada Test Site,

1997, printed 1998

Emmet Gowin, born 1941, Danville, VA
1998-20

Information

Title
Ground Zero and Other Features on Frenchman Flat, Nevada Test Site
Dates

1997, printed 1998

Maker
Emmet Gowin
Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 37.1 x 36.8 cm (14 5/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
sheet: 50.5 x 40.4 cm (19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.)
frame: 61.7 × 54 × 2.5 cm (24 5/16 × 21 1/4 × 1 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, gift of the Friends of the Princeton University Art Museum

Object Number
1998-20
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Nevada, Ground Zero, Frenchman Flat

Inscription

In graphite, verso along upper edge, left to right: 1.19.98 forte soft. 3 15 @ 5.6+ +10 + 45 ft top. ami late 3 1//2 m 15
Inscribed and signed in graphite, verso lower center: GROUND ZERO AND OTHER FEATURES, FRENCHMAN FLAT, NEVADA TEST SITE 1997 / emmet gowin 1998

Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process, toning (photography)
Subject
aerial bombs, landscapes (representations), aerial photography

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