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Artemision Zeus/Poseidon statue replica (New York, NY) - 1955

Object summary

Title
Artemision Zeus/Poseidon statue replica (New York, NY) - 1955
Object ID
HEE-SC-00303
Date made
1955
Place made

United States

Maker
Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Object type
Color slide
Major collection
Technology
Photography
Named collection
Harold E. Edgerton Collection
On view
No
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Description

Bob Edgerton and his mother Esther Edgerton standing next to the replica of the ancient bronze statue of Zeus (or Poseidon) from a shipwreck discovered in 1928 at Cape Artemision, Greece; statue replica here is displayed at the United Nations Building in New York City, NY. (CC)

Inscriptions

Type
handwritten black ink
Location
obverse top
Text
55
Type
black stamp
Location
obverse right
Text
5
Type
handwritten pencil
Location
obverse right
Inscriber
Edgerton
Text
UN Bld.

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