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Harold Edgerton
Bullet through Candle Flame1973, printed 1985

Not on view
Color photograph of a crimson balloon surface being burned by an open flame, with cobalt blue cord, amber smoke wisps, and a black background

Harold Edgerton, Bullet through Candle Flame, 1973, printed 1985, 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
Bullet through Candle Flame
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1973, printed 1985
Medium
Dye coupler print
Dimensions
Image: 18 1/4 × 12 1/8 in. (46.3 × 30.8 cm) Primary support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Mat: 26 × 22 in. (66.04 × 55.88 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession Number
AC1996.119.56
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.