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Harold Edgerton
Bullet through Jack of Hearts1960, printed later

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a bullet piercing a Jack of Hearts playing card mid-flight, shredding the card with debris frozen in motion

Harold Edgerton, Bullet through Jack of Hearts, 1960, printed later, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Harold Edgerton
United States, 1903-1990
Title
Bullet through Jack of Hearts
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1960, printed later
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 14 1/4 × 18 1/4 in. (36.2 × 46.3 cm) Primary support: 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Mat: 2 × 24 in. (5.08 × 60.96 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession Number
AC1996.119.45
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Fensom, Sarah E. "The Medium is the Magic." Art & Antiques 39, no.1 (2015-16): 58-60.
Copyright
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.

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