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Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini in the "Margery Box", about 1925
Photographer
Inconnu / Unknown
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsLabel, l.r. : In box designed to frustrate / the medium "Margery."; handwritten on back, u.r. : Houdini in box designed / to frustrate the medium "Margery".
Date
About 1925
Medium / Technique
Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Gelatin silver process
DimensionsImage: 23,7 × 18,2 cm
Support: 24,5 × 18,7 cm
Object NumberM2014.128.703.21
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso
Status
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