The Human Cannonball

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Weegee, (Arthur Fellig)

Title

The Human Cannonball

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1935–1945

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/paper: 34.9 × 27.1 cm (13 3/4 × 10 11/16 in.); Mount: 51 × 40.7 cm (20 1/8 × 16 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Stuyvesant Peabody

Reference Number

1952.479

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