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Call Number:

PH-01434

Collection Name:

Sharon Stewart Photography Collection

Creator:

Stewart, Sharon, 1955 -

No. of Items:

6 photographs

Span Dates:

1989

Description:

The collection consists of six gelatin silver prints with text by Sharon Stewart (American, born 1955), all from her series Toxic Tour of Texas. A prospectus for the series is available upon request.

992:0005:0001 -- Remains of Storage Tank, 1989;
992:0005:0002 -- Staging Area for Assembled U.S. Nuclear Warheads, Pantex Weapons Facility, 1989;
992:0005:0003 -- Chevron’s 160 Acre Uranium Mill Tailings Pond, Contents: Six Million Tons of Radioactive Waste and Chemical Solvent, 1989;
992:0005:0004 -- Jeter Steger, Resident, Carver Terrace Subdivision, EPA Designated Superfund Site, 1989;
992:0005:0005 -- Monument Marking Abandoned Uranium Mill Tailings Site, Erected by the Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control, 1989;
992:0005:0006 -- John Bell Attempting Tandem Walk and Wife, Dorothy diagnosed with Cerebellum Degeneration and Peripheral Neuropathy, 1989.

Accession No(s):

992:0005:0001-0006

Location(s):

1 osb (992:0005:0001-0006)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Stewart, Sharon, 1955 -
Title	Remains of Storage Tank from the series Toxic Tour of Texas
Date	image 1989, series 1988-1992
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	101.6 x 76.2 cm; 40 x 30 in
Credit line	Museum purchase
Accession Number	992:0005:0001

Artist/Maker	Stewart, Sharon, 1955 -
Title	Staging Area for Assembled U.S. Nuclear Warheads, Pantex Weapons Facility from the series Toxic Tour of Texas
Date	image 1989, series 1988-1992
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	101.6 x 76.2 cm; 40 x 30 in
Credit line	Museum purchase
Accession Number	992:0005:0002

Artist/Maker	Stewart, Sharon, 1955 -
Title	Chevron’s 160 Acre Uranium Mill Tailings Pond—Contents: Six Million Tons of Radioactive Waste and Chemical Solvent from the series Toxic Tour of Texas
Date	negative 1989, series 1988-1992
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	50.4 x 40.6 cm; 19 4/5 x 16 in
Credit line	Museum purchase
Accession Number	992:0005:0003

Artist/Maker	Stewart, Sharon, 1955 -
Title	Jeter Steger, Resident, Carver Terrace Subdivision, EPA Designated Superfund Site from the series Toxic Tour of Texas
Date	image 1989, series 1988-1992
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	101.6 x 76.2 cm; 40 x 30 in
Credit line	Museum purchase
Accession Number	992:0005:0004

Artist/Maker	Stewart, Sharon, 1955 -
Title	Monument Marking Abandoned Uranium Mill Tailings Site, Erected by the Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control from the series Toxic Tour of Texas
Date	image 1989, series 1988-1992
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	101.6 x 76.2 cm; 40 x 30 in
Credit line	Museum purchase
Accession Number	992:0005:0005

Artist/Maker	Stewart, Sharon, 1955 -
Title	John Bell Attempting Tandem Walk and Wife, Dorothy diagnosed with Cerebellum Degeneration and Peripheral Neuropathy from the series Toxic Tour of Texas
Date	image 1989, series 1988-1992
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	101.6 x 76.2 cm; 40 x 30 in
Credit line	Museum purchase
Accession Number	992:0005:0006

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