Playing murder
Artist
Unknown
Date1927
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 2 3/8 × 4 1/8 inches (6.05 × 10.49 cm)
Sheet: 2 13/16 × 4 9/16 inches (7.19 × 11.58 cm)
Sheet: 2 13/16 × 4 9/16 inches (7.19 × 11.58 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2015.9.350
Signednone
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil and blue pen: "Myself, Steve Hill trapping J [?] / the camera moved. 1927"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "3";
Stamped on sheet verso, center, in blue ink: "4755";
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "B03466"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionSlightly blurry image of two men pretending to torture another man with ax, gun, and knife.
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