Harold Edgerton

Antique Gun Firing
1936

A black and white photograph capturing a close-up of a hand holding a revolver with smoke billowing from the barrel, suggesting the gun has just been fired. The smoke creates a dynamic, cloud-like effect against the dark background, and a blurred object resembling a watch or a small clock is partially visible to the right.
A black and white photograph capturing a close-up of a hand holding a revolver with smoke billowing from the barrel, suggesting the gun has just been fired. The smoke creates a dynamic, cloud-like effect against the dark background, and a blurred object resembling a watch or a small clock is partially visible to the right.

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Date
1936

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm) Image: 9 1/2 × 7 3/4in. (24.1 × 19.7 cm)

Accession number
96.117.10

Series
Two Stages in the Firing of an Old Revolver

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.

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