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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.448.15
People
Barbara Norfleet, American (Lakewood, New Jersey 1926 - )
Title
High Explosive Testing Area - Site 300, Laurence Livermore National Laboratories: 11 square miles, Livermore, CA
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Landscape of the Cold War
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1990
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, California
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/336494

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
28.7 x 42.8 cm (11 5/16 x 16 7/8 in.)
40.2 x 50.3 cm (15 13/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, b.r., in black ink: [copyright symbol] Barbara Norfleet 1990
  • inscription: verso, b.l., in graphite: Bunker 801: site where hydrodynamics tests are conducted on the high-explosive components of nuclear devices (pretested here before going to the Nevada Test Ground. Site 300: Laurence Livermore Laboratory: 11 square miles, Livermore, CA 1990
  • inscription: recto, b.r. in black ink: (c) Barbara Norfleet

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Barbara Norfleet, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard Art Museum, 2010

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Norfleet
Copyright
© Barbara Norfleet
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.448.15
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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