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Tennis

Artist Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903 - 1990)
Date1939
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 16 x 20 inches (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Drs. Antonio S. and Luz S. Racela
Object numberF96-49/1
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionMultiflash exposure of a man playing tennis, resulting in the capturing of successive movements of the swing of the racket.
Copyright© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
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Tumblers
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1942
F96-49/6
Swirls and Eddies of a Tennis Stroke
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1939; printed 1977
2005.27.1319
Tennis Serve
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1952; printed 1977
2005.27.1317
Moving Skip Rope
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1952
F96-25/3
Moscow Circus
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1963
F96-25/27
Golf Club Strikes Ball
Harold Eugene Edgerton
ca. 1938
F96-25/5
recto sheet overall
Unknown
ca. 1920s
2015.9.296
Gus Solomons Dancing
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1960
F96-25/21
Tumblers
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1942
F96-25/20
Pete Desjardin Diving
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1940
F96-48/4
Gus Solomons Multiflash
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1960
F96-48/5
Baton Throw
Harold Eugene Edgerton
ca. 1965
F96-48/7