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Skull on pile of bones
Skull on pile of bones

Skull on pile of bones

Creator Henryk Ross (Polish, 1910 - 1991)
Date1940-1944
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions8.5 x 11.7 cm (3 3/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift from Archive of Modern Conflict, 2007
Category
    Object number2007/2297
    Copyright
    © 2015 Art Gallery of Ontario
    LocationNot currently on display

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    Skulls and bones on ground
    Skulls and bones on ground
    Henryk Ross
    1940-1944
    Photograph
    Skulls and bones on ground
    Skulls and bones on ground
    Henryk Ross
    1940-1944
    Photograph
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    1930s
    Photograph
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    1930s
    Photograph
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    unknown
    Photograph
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    1970
    Print
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    In an apse the bones are kept of the executed who are refused a grave.
    Presse-Photo
    1930s
    Photograph
    Buffalo Bones Gathered from the Prairie for Shipment At Gull Lake, N.W.T. [Recto]
    Buffalo Bones Gathered from the Prairie for Shipment At Gull Lake, N.W.T. [Recto]
    Richard Henry Trueman
    1890-1894
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Untitled (Bones of Animals and Shells)
    Untitled (Bones of Animals and Shells)
    Petr Nadvorník
    c. 1995
    Photograph
    A Nova Scotia boy extracting bones with a pair of tweezers for boneless codfish In N.S.
    A Nova Scotia boy extracting bones with a pair of tweezers for boneless codfish In N.S.
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    1890s-1930s
    Print
    Image Not Available for The Cathedral (Exterior) Where Lie the Bones of Columbus, Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic
    The Cathedral (Exterior) Where Lie the Bones of Columbus, Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic
    Keystone View Company
    c. 1930
    Photograph
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