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Cutting the Card Quickly!

Portfolio TitleHarold Edgerton: Ten Dye Transfer Photographs
Artist Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903 - 1990)
Date1964
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsOverall: 16 x 20 inches (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Object numberF96-25/30
Signedverso, center, in pencil
Edition/State/Proofed. 146/150
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionStop-action color photo of a bullet piercing through a mounted playing card (the jack of diamonds).
Copyright© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
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Cutting the Playing Card Quickly
Harold Eugene Edgerton
ca. 1964; printed 1977
2005.27.1322
Bullet/Card
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1964
F96-25/23
.30 Bullet Piercing Apple
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1964
F96-25/29
Bullet through Banana
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1964
F96-25/28
Bullet through Candle Flame
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1973
F96-25/32
Cranberry Juice into Milk
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1960
F96-25/26
Milk Drop Coronet
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1957
F96-25/25
Football Kick
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1938
F96-25/24
Bullet Through Bulb
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1936
F96-25/18
Bullet
Harold Eugene Edgerton
ca. 1970
F96-25/9
Bullet Through Lightbulb
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1936
F96-48/2
Bullet Through Plexiglass
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1962
F96-48/6