CultureAmerican
Titles
- Chimpanzee Ham being prepared for a successful suborbital flight in a Mercury capsule
DateJanuary 31, 1961
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Sheet: 23 11/16 × 19 15/16 in. (60.2 × 50.6 cm)
Sheet: 23 11/16 × 19 15/16 in. (60.2 × 50.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number94.718
Non exposé
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PhotographySpecial Collections
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In the lower left margin, in black ink, "1/50", lower left verso, in black ink, "This Dye-Transfer is the 1 Print from an edition of 50. It was made in HOuston, Texas by Dennis Ivy."
The photograph is signed in pencil, lower left corner, verso: "M002 Dennis Ivy".
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April 4–9, 1983
Dye imbibition print
94.645
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
May 5, 1961, printed 1991
Dye imbibition print
93.199.1