Primary Artist

Pam Debenham (1955–)

Title

Hiroshima - 40 years.

Date made

1985

Category

Poster

Print type

stencil

Technique

screenprint, printed in colour, from two stencils

Text printed from matrix

Pinted signature and date lower right, ' '85. P.D. TIN SHEDS'.

Matrix size

75.0 x 49.8 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run of about 60-80

Subject categories

Nuclear issues | War: second world war, 1939-1945

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.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

101411

Creators

TIN SHEDS/LUCIFOIL POSTERS | (1983–) Australian | Organisation | print workshop

Debenham, Pam. | (1955–) Australian | Female | artist