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Hammer Breaking Glass by Harold Eugene Edgerton — VisualArtsDB

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Hammer Breaking Glass

Hammer Breaking Glass

Hammer Breaking Glass

Harold Eugene Edgerton

1933

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 44 x 35.7 cm (17 5/16 x 14 1/16 in.) sheet: 50.5 x 40.5 cm (19 7/8 x 15 15/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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