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Harold Edgerton
Dynamite Cap Explodescirca 1956

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Black and white photograph of a large luminous circle with concentric tonal rings against a black field, with silhouetted plant stems along the bottom edge

Harold Edgerton, Dynamite Cap Explodes, circa 1956, 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
Dynamite Cap Explodes
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1956
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 7 11/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.53 × 24.13 cm) Primary support: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.64 × 25.4 cm) Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.56 × 43.18 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession Number
AC1996.119.21
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.