| Place | Asia: Japan, Hiroshima, Hiroshima |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ARTV08874 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Sheet: 91.1 x 57.9 cm |
| Object type | Poster |
| Physical description | photoscreenprint |
| Maker |
Debenham, Pam Debenham, Pam Debenham, Pam |
| Date made | 1983 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 Period 1980-1989 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Hiroshima. Never again
Description
An anti-nuclear protest poster featuring the characteristic mushroom cloud of an atomic explosion as the main design component. In the upper segment is the B-29 Superfortress bomber 'Enola Gay', which dropped its cargo of a nuclear bomb over Hiroshima, and a photograph of Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., Pilot of the 'Enola Gay', waving from his cockpit before the takeoff, on Tinian island, 06 August 6, 1945 (Source: EPA/US National Archive). Overlaid in the lower forground is a sillouhette of 'Little boy' which detonated over Hiroshima, within which is an image of Allied personnel looking across the devastated city.