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Harold Edgerton
Owlcirca 1979

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High-contrast black and white photograph of an owl in mid-flight, wings raised, facing the camera against a pure black background

Harold Edgerton, Owl, circa 1979, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Harold Edgerton
Title
Owl
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1979
Medium
Dye diffusion transfer print
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/16 × 7 1/2 in. (23.02 × 19.05 cm) Primary support: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.5 × 21.5 cm) Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.18 × 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession Number
AC1996.119.18
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.

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