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From the archives of Peter Merlin, aviation archaeologist / Trevor Paglen.
Fine Arts Library TR140.P34 A4 2019
Available
LIBRA TR140.P34 A4 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paglen, Trevor, photographer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Air Force.
- Defense information, Classified.
- Insignia.
- Artists' books.
- United States.
- Paglen, Trevor.
- Merlin, Peter W., 1964---Archives--Pictorial works.
- Merlin, Peter W.
- Artists' books--Specimens.
- United States. Air Force--Insignia--Pictorial works.
- Defense information, Classified--United States--Pictorial works.
- Archives.
- Armed Forces--Insignia.
- Documentary photography.
- Genre:
- Artists' books (books) -- United States.
- Artists' books.
- Pictorial works.
- Specimens.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 140 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn, NY : Primary Information, [2019]
- Summary:
- Features new photographs and text by artist Trevor Paglen, centered on the archive of Peter Merlin - a historian and leading expert on classified aircraft. Merlin, a former NASA archivist, has amassed a vast collection of flight wreckage, dossiers, and memorabilia - objects that are sometimes the only remnants of covert government operations. Paglen's stark photographs of these symbol-laden challenge coins, patches, models, and other objects build on his long-standing interest in the culture of secrecy while providing a fragmentary peek into decades of elusive military missions.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781732098626
- 173209862X
- OCLC:
- 1076500035
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