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The Tanks Are Firing by Dmitri Baltermants — VisualArtsDB

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The Tanks Are Firing

The Tanks Are Firing

The Tanks Are Firing

Dmitri Baltermants

1942–1943

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 20 × 29.3 cm (7 7/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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