A high-speed sequence shows a bullet traveling left to right with sparks and fragments trailing.

Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Bullet hitting object)

c. 1940

Not on view

122 works in the collection
6 exhibitions
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Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm) Image: 4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (11.7 × 16.8 cm)

Accession number
96.117.11

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

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

API
artworks/10812

Part of a series:
Untitled
102 works

Row of metal nozzles releasing a diagonal trail of falling water droplets against a dark background.
Bullet piercing a thin membrane, leaving curved shock lines and a trailing cloud.
A bullet pierces a soap bubble on a vertical stand, spraying droplets to the right.
A series of overlapping exposures showing an owl flapping and gliding through the air.
A bullet slices through a king playing card, sending paper fragments and dust into the air.
King of diamonds playing card being shot through by a speeding bullet, tearing the card apart.
Acrobats perform multiple airborne somersaults over a trampoline in front of a seated audience.
Multiple trapeze artists perform mid-air flips above a crowded circus audience.
A troupe of acrobats in yellow costumes performing aerial flips and forming a human tower above the ring.
Several athletes perform pole vaulting and flips over poles in front of a seated audience.

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