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Civilian Defense by Edward Weston — VisualArtsDB

Civilian Defense

Civilian Defense

1942

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 19.3 × 24.3 cm (7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.); Mount: 34.9 × 40.6 cm (13 3/4 × 16 in.)
Genre: gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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photographic techniquesphotographyphotographic processesblack-and-white photographygelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographphotographic processphotographic paperCollected by Hugh Edwards

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