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Bullet and Apple

Portfolio TitleSeeing the Unseen
Artist Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903 - 1990)
Printer Gus Kayafas (American, born 1947)
Dateca. 1964; printed 1977
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 9 13/16 × 11 15/16 inches (24.92 × 30.32 cm)
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 14 inches (30.32 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1323
SignedSigned and editioned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "25/60 / HAROLD EDGERTON"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "74-12-82", "P5.074.012.82"
Edition/State/Proofed. 25/60 + 10APs
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of bullet travelling through an apple.Exhibition History

New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 –  May 1, 1983.

Rotation 19. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 9 – September 27, 2015.

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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