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Foil Trick by Harold Edgerton — VisualArtsDB

Foil Trick

Foil Trick

Harold Edgerton

1938

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 29.2 x 22 cm (11 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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