Jumbo (Trinity Test Site, April 7, 1945)
Artist
Nina Elder
(born 1981 Colorado Springs, Colorado; lives Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date2012
Mediumgraphite and radioactive charcoal on paper
DimensionsSheet: 22 × 30 in. (55.9 × 76.2 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings, Pastels & Watercolors
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 2017 General Obligation Bonds
Object numberPC2020.9.2
DescriptionA graphite drawing of a large tank in a desert landscape. The tank carries "Jumbo," a steel and concrete container designed for use in the Trinity bomb test. Several small tanks are illustrated beneath a sky of scattered clouds.On View
Not on view
ca. 1985