Hiroshima - 40 years.
Primary Artist
Pam Debenham (1955–)
Title
Date made
1985
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, The Tin Sheds Art Workshop, University of Sydney, 162 City Road Darlington View on map Close map
Category
Poster
Print type
stencil
Technique
screenprint, printed in colour, from two stencils
Matrix size
75.0 x 49.8 cm (printed image)
Support
white matt wove paper
Support size
76.0 x 51.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run of about 60-80
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with 1990 Lucifoil Posters acquisition number in black pencil, 275.
Subject description
Produced on the 4oth aniversary of the Americans dropping of an automic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. In the foreground of the poster are two Japanese men and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, in the backgroung the devestated city and the shadow of the B-52 bomer that droped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city on Monday, August 6, 1945.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
101411
Accession number
90.1311.189
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 2, 1990/91 (1990-09-13)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Lucifoil Posters, Sydney, 1990.
Credit line
Purchased 1990
Subject categories
Nuclear issues | War: second world war, 1939-1945
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Printed to co-incide with Hiroshima Day march in Sydney 40 years on.
Creators
TIN SHEDS/LUCIFOIL POSTERS | (1983–) Australian | Organisation | print workshop
Debenham, Pam. | (1955–) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013