JFK and the Polaris Missile, 1963, Colorized Norway restored and re-cropped

restored and re-cropped

a flashing jewel on her finger

fruit emporiums

The artwork deliberately evokes (and distorts) the style of Schiele’s mentor

JFK and the Polaris Missile, 1963, Colorized Norway restored and re-croppedABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH In the aftermath of WW2 and the looming threat of nuclear war, a secret program began in the mid 1950s to develop a missile that could deploy a hydrogen bomb warhead that could be conveyed by submarine. The long range Polaris was conceived to be fired underwater on a moving platform, making it nearly impossible to counterattack, thus giving the US Navy the broad responsibility of being the nations nuclear deterrent. This