Red and Black

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Red and Black
Red and Black
Artist/Maker (American, 1906 - 1978)
Date1949
MediumScreenprint
DimensionsComposition: 12 5/16 in. × 16 in. (31.3 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 17 1/4 × 23 1/4 in. (43.8 × 59.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Taylor Dunn, Class of 1936
Object number1990.11
Not on view
DescriptionRalston Crawford made this screenprint as a later response to two ink studies and a painting for the December 1946 issue of Fortune magazine. On July 1, 1946, Fortune sent Crawford to Bikini Atoll to witness the atomic bomb test, Able. The bomb missed its target, the U.S.S. Nevada, damaging, but not destroying it. The battleship was then used in a subsequent test called Baker.
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Alternate Titles U.S.S. Nevada
Provenance 1990: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of James Taylor Dunn.
Markings Marks: none noted.
Published References "Acquisitions" in FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 1991).
Signature Signed and dated "Ralston Crawford, 1949" at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed "Red and Black" at lower left in pencil.
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