Barbara Norfleet
Naval Weapons Testing Base: 45 Square Miles Abandoned -- abandoned in 1974 because of total contamination -- Salton Sea, CA 1989

Naval Weapons Testing Base: 45 Square Miles Abandoned -- abandoned in 1974 because of total contamination -- Salton Sea, CA 1989

© Barbara Norfleet

Naval Weapons Testing Base: 45 Square Miles Abandoned -- abandoned in 1974 because of total contamination -- Salton Sea, CA 1989
Naval Weapons Testing Base: 45 Square Miles Abandoned -- abandoned in 1974 because of total contamination -- Salton Sea, CA 1989
ArtistAmerican, born 1926
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Naval Weapons Testing Base: 45 Square Miles Abandoned -- abandoned in 1974 because of total contamination -- Salton Sea, CA 1989
Date1989
PlaceSalton Sea, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 11 5/16 × 16 7/8 inches (28.7 × 42.9 cm)
 sheet: 15 5/8 × 19 9/16 inches (39.7 × 49.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Clinton T. Willour
Object number94.66
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: title in black ink along bottom edge, verso:
Signed and dated in ink, lower right corner, verso: "1989 Barbara Norfleet"

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