Bullet Through Balloons

© Estate of Harold Edgerton

Bullet Through Balloons

Currently not on view

Bullet Through Balloons,

1959

Harold Eugene Edgerton, 1903–1990; born Freemont, NE; died Cambridge, MA; active Cambridge, MA
1996-328

Information

Title
Bullet Through Balloons
Dates

1959

Maker
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 29.2 x 48.2 cm (11 1/2 x 19 in.) sheet: 40.7 x 50.5 cm (16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James P. Harrington, Class of 1947
Object Number
1996-328
Inscription
Signed in pen, recto below lower right corner of image: HAROLD EDGERTON Inscribed in pencil in unknown hand, verso lower right corner: 5901.2018
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
bullets, balloons

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