No nukes in the Pacific.
Primary Artist
Pam Debenham (1955–)
Title
Date made
1984
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 multiple stencils
Matrix size
88.0 x 62.0 cm (printed image)
Support
white matt wove paper
Support size
91.0 x 65.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run of 200
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with 1990 Lucifoil Posters acquisition number in black pencil, 263.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
101399
Accession number
90.1311.179
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 | Nuclear, Testing: Pacific
Country of context
Australia
Notes
This poster was produced in response to continual testing in the Pacific - the image of the Hawaiian shirt was to make reference to knowledge that when the first nuclear tests happened on Bikini Is., a Hawaiian shirt with an atom bomb blast was printed in celebration of this event.
Creators
Debenham, Pam. | (1955–) Australian | Female | artist
TIN SHEDS/LUCIFOIL POSTERS | (1983–) Australian | Organisation | artist