Atom Struck Tile the Explosion Center Hiroshima Shade/Light
1984
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etching and offset lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 67.3 x 86.4 cm (26 1/2 x 34 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida and the Artist
Accession Number
1986.26.29
Art Historical Context
Robert Fichter's *Atom Struck Tile the Center Hiroshima Shade/Light (1984) is a powerful print that confronts the devastating legacy of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Created an etching combined with offset lithograph, this large-scale work (67.3 x 86.4 cm) was produced in collaboration with Graphicstudio at the University of Florida, blending Fichter's expertise in experimental and printmaking. The title evokes the haunting "shadows" etched into Hiroshima's surfaces—silhouettes of vaporized victims preserved by the intense flash of the explosion—transforming a moment of unimagi...