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Harold Edgerton
Bullet through Balloons1959, printed later

Not on view
High-speed black and white photograph of three balloons on a wire in progressive stages of bursting, strongly lit against a dark background

Harold Edgerton, Bullet through Balloons, 1959, 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
Title
Bullet through Balloons
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1959, printed later
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 11 1/2 × 18 15/16 in. (29.21 × 48.1 cm) Primary support: 16 1/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.8 × 50.48 cm) Mat: 22 × 26 in. (55.88 × 66.04 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession Number
AC1996.119.44
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.