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Bullet through String by Harold Edgerton — VisualArtsDB

Bullet through String

Bullet through String

Harold Edgerton

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 23.7 x 19.6 cm (9 5/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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