Milk Drop Coronet
Artist
Harold Eugene Edgerton
(American, 1903 - 1990)
Date1936
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (19.05 x 24.45 cm)
Framed: 15 3/4 x 17 5/8 inches (40.01 x 44.77 cm)
Framed: 15 3/4 x 17 5/8 inches (40.01 x 44.77 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3952
InscribedArtist's Stamp
"Harold E. Edgerton / M.I.T. Cambridge, Mass."
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By the 1930s, engineering advances produced a remarkable expansion in the variety and sophistication of photographic applications. In 1931, Harold Edgerton—an electrical engineer affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—perfected the stroboscope: a device that allowed him to arrest exceedingly fast movement and make exposures between 1/10,000 and 1/1,000,000 of a second. Edgerton made several studies of milk drops over the course of 25 years, in an effort to record a perfectly symmetrical coronet. His images, which captured subjects incapable of being seen by the naked eye, remind us of the unexpected beauty found in the most mundane subjects.
Gus Kayafas, Boston, MA;
From Gus Kayafas to Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY by 1993;
Purchased from Laurence Miller Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1993;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
From Gus Kayafas to Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY by 1993;
Purchased from Laurence Miller Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1993;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
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