Patrick Nagatani
Contaminated Radioactive Sediment, Mortandad Canyon, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico

Contaminated Radioactive Sediment, Mortandad Canyon, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico

© 1990 Patrick Nagatani, courtesy Andrew Smith Gallery, Tucson

Contaminated Radioactive Sediment, Mortandad Canyon, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
Contaminated Radioactive Sediment, Mortandad Canyon, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
ArtistAmerican, 1945–2017
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Contaminated Radioactive Sediment, Mortandad Canyon, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
  • from the series Nuclear Enchantment, 1988–1993
Date1990, printed 1990
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 13 3/8 × 17 15/16 in. (33.9 × 45.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Photography Subcommittee 2021
Object number2021.76
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, d. 2017; Estate of the artist; [Andrew Smith Gallery, Tucson, Arizona]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center edge: PN12838

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