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Electric violin

Electric violin

(American)
1936
Object PlaceLos Angeles, California, United States
Medium/TechniqueBakelite, steel, aluminum
DimensionsLength x width: 52.1 x 15.9 cm (20 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Halfway Rock Foundation
Accession number2012.934
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance1936, sold to source unidentified, San Francisco, CA; 1997, sold to an anonymous collector, New York, NY; 2012, sold to Steve Uhrik, New York String Service, Brooklyn, NY; 2012, sold by Uhrik to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 28, 2012)
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