Small explosion in forbidden area, Southern California
Artist
Greg MacGregor
(born 1941 La Crosse, Wisconsin; lives Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Datenegative 1981, 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 numberPC2023.14.3.10
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of a small explosion of white smoke on a heavily rutted dirt road. At left, a large sign bolted to two tall metal posts stuck into the ground reads, "DANGER LIVE BOMBING AREA KEEP OUT PELIGRO AREA DE BOBARDEO NO ENTRE OPERATIONS CONDUCTED AT ALL HOURS THIS IS A U.S. NAVY RESERVATION TRESPASSERS WILL BE SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION (SECTION 1382 TITLE [indecipherable] U.S. CODE)"On View
Not on view
ca. 1945
ca. 1945
City of Albuquerque - Office Of City Engineer
May 28th, 1941
October 1943
