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Cutting the Card Quickly (Jack of Hearts)
Cutting the Card Quickly (Jack of Hearts)
Cutting the Card Quickly (Jack of Hearts)

Cutting the Card Quickly (Jack of Hearts)

Artist (American, 1903 - 1990)
Date1964 (printed 1992)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/4 × 18 5/16 in. (36.2 × 46.5 cm)
Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, 1997
Object number1997.2.14j
DescriptionBullet through the Jack of Heart playing card, card is being held in a vise, burnt where bullet passed through
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