William Britt

Contemplating More Bomb Tests
c. 1960–1970

A black and white abstract print with a dark upper section resembling a landscape or explosion, above a white space with a black rectangle containing text. The text attributes the work to Eve Merriam, an American born in 1916, and is titled "CONTEMPLATING MORE BOMB TESTS," followed by a poem about the level of strontium-90. The artist's signature and a date are visible in the lower right corner.
A black and white abstract print with a dark upper section resembling a landscape or explosion, above a white space with a black rectangle containing text. The text attributes the work to Eve Merriam, an American born in 1916, and is titled "CONTEMPLATING MORE BOMB TESTS," followed by a poem about the level of strontium-90. The artist's signature and a date are visible in the lower right corner.

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Date
c. 1960–1970

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 25 5/8 × 20 1/8in. (65.1 × 51.1 cm) Image: 25 5/8 × 20 1/8in. (65.1 × 51.1 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.312

Series
Daniel Wolf Collection of Protest Posters

Edition
1/2

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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