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Death of a Lightbulb (Bullet through a Lightbulb) by Harold Eugene Edgerton — VisualArtsDB

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Death of a Lightbulb (Bullet through a Lightbulb)

Death of a Lightbulb (Bullet through a Lightbulb)

Death of a Lightbulb (Bullet through a Lightbulb)

Harold Eugene Edgerton

1936

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 31.2 x 47 cm (12 5/16 x 18 1/2 in.) sheet: 40.5 x 50.5 cm (15 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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