Medium:

Photographs, Photograph | Gelatin silver print

Size:

16 7/16 x 19 15/16 in. (41.75 x 50.64 cm) (image)19 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (50.48 x 60.64 cm) (sheet)

Creation Place:

North America, United States

Culture:

North America, United States

Style:

20th century

Inscriptions:

Title; Date; Edition; Signature; Inscription 'Death of a Light Bulb/.30 Cal. Bullet ca.1936 39 of 40/ Harold Edgerton', in black marker, at front across bottom; 'Harold Edgerton/3610.3039', in pencil, at verso LRC

Physical Description:

group of four separate images; before bullet impact; bullet enters light bulb; bullet inside light bulb; bullet emerging from light bulb

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

Accession Number:

96.149.18

Rights:

©The Harold & Esther Edgerton Foundation, 2001, Courtesy of Palm Press, Inc.

Artist:

Harold Edgerton, American, 1903 - 1990

Role:

Photographer

Nationality:

American

Life Dates:

American, 1903 - 1990

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

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16 7/16 x 19 15/16 in. (41.75 x 50.64 cm) (image)19 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (50.48 x 60.64 cm) (sheet)