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Densmore Shute Bends the Shaft by Harold Edgerton — VisualArtsDB

Densmore Shute Bends the Shaft

Densmore Shute Bends the Shaft

Harold Edgerton

1938

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 37.4 x 40.1 cm (14 3/4 x 15 13/16 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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