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Antique Gun Firing

Artist Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903 - 1990)
Date1936
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 16 x 20 inches (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Object numberF96-25/19
Signedverso, in pencil
Edition/State/Proofed. 98/100
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionStop-action photo of an antique gun firing, with smoke billowing out on all sides.
Copyright© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
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