Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Luce Center
Atom Bombing of Moscow, U.S.S.R.; preparatory for "A-Bomb Mission to Moscow" in Collier's, October 27, 1951
Object Number:
1956.10
Date:
1950
Medium:
Oil on paper laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 3/8 x 18 1/8 in. ( 56.8 x 46 cm )
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in oil: "Chesley Bonestell"
Description:
Landscape that depicts the destruction of Moscow with the Kremlin and St. Basil's Church completely obliterated, and the Red Square heaped with rubble.
Gallery Label:
Bonestell's depiction of the destruction of Moscow was to illustrate the article "A-Bomb Mission to Moscow", by Edward R. Murrow. This picture was originally published in Collier's World War III issue, "Preview of the War We Do Not Want."
Credit Line:
Gift of Chesley Bonestell
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
