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Experiment #1 "Golf Club and Dome"
Experiment #1 "Golf Club and Dome"
Experiment #1 "Golf Club and Dome"

Experiment #1 "Golf Club and Dome"

Artist (born 1941 La Crosse, Wisconsin; lives Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Datenegative 1996, printed 2022
Mediumarchival pigment print on paper, ed. 1/5
Dimensions17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the artist
Object numberPC2023.14.2.1
DescriptionA black and white photograph of a man watching an experiment outdoors in a desert landscape stretching in all directions below him. Facing the experiment, and with his back to the viewer, the man wears a lab coat and jeans with his hands clasped behind his back. He is standing next to a pole with four wavy metal wires pointing upward. The experiment comprises a golf club under a metal dome placed on a metal board held up by three or four metal springs. A voltage meter is located on the left with a sign reading ‘DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE’ behind it.
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