Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Martyl Langsdorf, Doomsday Clock Designer, Dies at 96. By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Published: April 10, 2013. Martyl Langsdorf's clock has yet to... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Martyl Langsdorf, Doomsday Clock Designer, Dies at 96. By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Published: April 10, 2013. Martyl Langsdorf's clock has yet to strike midnight. In 1953, with the United States and the Soviet Union testing hydrogen bombs and the cold... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Martyl Langsdorf, Doomsday Clock Designer, Dies at 96. By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Published: April 10, 2013. Martyl Langsdorf's clock has yet to strike midnight. In 1953, with the United States and the Soviet Union testing hydrogen bombs and the cold war increasingly frigid, that ominous minute hand of hers stood just two ticks from the symbolically catastrophic 12. By 1991, after the signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, it retreated... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Martyl Langsdorf, Doomsday Clock Designer, Dies at 96. By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Published: April 10, 2013. Martyl Langsdorf's clock has yet to strike midnight. In 1953, with the United States and the Soviet Union testing hydrogen bombs and the cold war increasingly frigid, that ominous minute hand of hers stood just two ticks from the symbolically catastrophic 12. By 1991, after the signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, it retreated to a relatively reassuring 11:43 p.m. But the Doomsday Clock, which Mrs. Langsdorf drew for the June 1947 cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as a way to evoke the potential devastation of nuclear weapons, did not stay in reverse. Before... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Martyl Langsdorf, Doomsday Clock Designer, Dies at 96. By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Published: April 10, 2013. Martyl Langsdorf's clock has yet to strike midnight. In 1953, with the United States and the Soviet Union testing hydrogen bombs and the cold war increasingly frigid, that ominous minute hand of hers stood just two ticks from the symbolically catastrophic 12. By 1991, after the signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, it retreated to a relatively reassuring 11:43 p.m. But the Doomsday Clock, which Mrs. Langsdorf drew for the June 1947 cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as a way to evoke the potential devastation of nuclear weapons, did not stay in reverse. Before Mrs. Langsdorf died on March 26, at 96, the board of the Bulletin, which adjusts the minute hand acco... Read full biography
Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Martyl - Art for Sale (1 available)
Victor, Colorado
Type:Painting
Year:1942
Size:29.75" x 32.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Framed dimensions are 31.5 x 37.5 inches.
Reference: 18920