Harold Edgerton

A 22 Long Rifle Bullet Penetrating a Piece of Rubber

c. 1940

A .22 long rifle bullet penetrates a piece of rubber, visible with black silhouette and tear.

A .22 long rifle bullet penetrates a piece of rubber, visible with black silhouette and tear.

Not on view

Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 in. (21.9 × 27.9 cm) Image: 7 3/8 × 9 in. (18.7 × 22.9 cm)

Accession number
96.117.18

Credit line
Gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

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

API
artworks/10819

Part of a series:
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Harold Edgerton
122 works in the collection, 6 exhibitions

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