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Shock Waves from Impact

Portfolio TitleSeeing the Unseen
Artist Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903 - 1990)
Printer Gus Kayafas (American, born 1947)
Dateca. 1965; printed 1977
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 5/16 × 9 5/8 inches (28.73 × 24.45 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 inches (35.4 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1312
SignedSigned and editioned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "25/60 / HAROLD EDGERTON"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "74-1-82", "P5.074.001.82"
Edition/State/Proofed. 25/60 + 10APs
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionBullet passing through a thin pane perpendicular to image frame. Debris from pane trailing behind bullet.Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1982;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Estate of Harold Edgerton
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