Naval Weapons Testing Base (abandoned in 1974 because of total contamination) The Salton Sea: 45 square miles, California
PhotographsAmerican20th century

Naval Weapons Testing Base (abandoned in 1974 because of total contamination) The Salton Sea: 45 square miles, California

1989

Artists

Barbara NorfleetArtist
Classification
Photographs
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Century
20th century
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Department
Department of Photographs

Dimensions

28.4 x 42.9 cm (11 3/16 x 16 7/8 in.) sheet: 40.2 x 50.3 cm (15 13/16 x 19 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Barbara Norfleet, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard Art Museum, 2010

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