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Harold Edgerton
Bullet Through Bulb1936, printed later

Not on view
High-speed black and white photograph of a cracked egg in a white cup, with contents exploding outward to the left in a wide white plume against a black background
Artist or Maker
Harold Edgerton
Title
Bullet Through Bulb
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1936, printed later
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 12 3/8 × 18 9/16 in. (31.43 × 47.15 cm) Primary support: 16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.6 × 50.64 cm) Mat: 21 7/8 × 26 in. (55.5 × 66.04 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession Number
AC1996.119.37
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography