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Water Pattern
Creator
Berenice AbbottAmerican Photographer · 1898–1991
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- negative 1958–1961; print 1982
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 64605523-5821-4185-b664-401cd63169ef
Water ripples in a ripple tank, with the shadow of two agitators visible at the bottom of the image.
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