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Harold Edgerton
Cicadacirca 1939

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a large flying insect, possibly a cicada, mid-flight against a plain gray background, wings fully extended and legs dangling

Harold Edgerton, Cicada, circa 1939, 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
Cicada
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1939
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/8 × 10 9/16 in. (20.64 × 26.83 cm) Primary support: 8 5/8 × 11 in. (21.91 × 27.94 cm) Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.56 × 43.18 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession Number
AC1996.119.17
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.