2010-056 Special Collection: Hiroshima Sculptures

Title

Description

Hiroshima sculpture by Arto Chakmakjian presented to W. K. H. Panofsky by A. I. Alikhanian, Director of The Physical Institute of Armenia, SSR at the SLAC Dedication Banquet, Stanford Faculty Club, September 9, 1967. The sculpture stands 25 inches high on a 6 inch black base. The custom display case of glass, trimmed in wood, measures 30 inches high, 12 inches deep and 12 inches wide with a 6.5 inch wooden support at the bottom. Also see: SNS photo, arc188, taken by R Quintero and SLAC Today article about SLAC & Yerevan Physics Institute dated 11/24/2009. It is temporarily on display in the SUSB (3rd floor).

Also includes a companion sculpture (in concrete?) by world-renowned Armenian sculptor Arto Chakmakjian that was given to SLAC. It is a miniature version of the sculpture that had won the first prize at an international competition in 1964, (The larger 1.5m concrete version was offered to the city of Hiroshima, http://www.naregatsi.org/arto/art/art.html). It is on temporary display in the SUSB (3rd floor).

Creator

Chakmakjian, Arto

Date

1967

Contributor

Chakmakjian, Arto
Alikhanian, A. I.
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007

Relation

SLAC003 (Panofsky Papers include a photograph and letter)

Format

Realia

Identifier

2010-056

Extent

3.5 cubic feet

Collection

SLAC Archives, History & Records Office

Citation

Chakmakjian, Arto, “2010-056 Special Collection: Hiroshima Sculptures,” SLAC Archives, accessed December 3, 2023, https://slacarchives.omeka.net/items/show/429.