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Pole Vaulter, Dave Tork

Portfolio TitleSeeing the Unseen
Artist Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903 - 1990)
Printer Gus Kayafas (American, born 1947)
Date1964; printed 1977
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 13 13/16 × 11 inches (35.08 × 27.94 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 13 1/8 inches (40.48 × 33.34 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1316
SignedSigned and editioned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "25/60 / HAROLD EDGERTON"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "74-10-82", "P5.074.010.82"
Edition/State/Proofed. 25/60 + 10APs
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of pole vaulter in motion.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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