John Pfahl
Fat Man Atomic Bomb/Great Gallery Pictographs

Fat Man Atomic Bomb/Great Gallery Pictographs
Fat Man Atomic Bomb/Great Gallery Pictographs
Fat Man Atomic Bomb/Great Gallery Pictographs
ArtistAmerican, 1939–2020
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fat Man Atomic Bomb/Great Gallery Pictographs
  • B-58 Hustler Pod/Galisteo Basin Petroglyphs
  • from the portfolio Time
Date2005, printed 2006
MediumCollotype
DimensionsSheet (A): 10 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (26.4 × 18.1 cm)
Sheet (B): 10 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (26 × 18.1 cm)
Folio (closed): 16 1/4 × 13 1/16 × 5/16 in. (41.3 × 33.2 × 0.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Koichiro and Machiko Kurita
Object number2006.591.5.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on opposite page, lower edge:
A) "JOHN PFAHL / Fat Man Atomic Bomb / Great Gallery Pictographs"
B) "B-58 Hustler Pod / Galisteo Basin Petroglyphs"

Printed on verso mount, lower edge:
A) "Fat Man Atomic Bomb / Great Gallery Pictographs / five plates, five color, ten layers, Paper Fabriano"
B) "B-58 Hustler Pod / Galisteo Basin Petroglyphs" / Five plates, five color, ten layers, Paper Fabriano"

Stamped in gold ink on the front of folio: "JOHN PFAHL"

Embossed printer's stamp(?) on the inside of the back cover of the portfolio: "K??"

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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