Harold Edgerton

Indian Club Demonstration
1939

A black and white photograph featuring two images side by side, each depicting motion blur of a spinning figure. The left image shows a blurred figure with a circular motion effect, while the right image captures a figure with a radial blur, creating a pattern resembling a flower or sunburst. Below the images, text reads "Zoetrope Club Demonstration 1939 13/25" and is signed by the artist, Harold Edgerton.
A black and white photograph featuring two images side by side, each depicting motion blur of a spinning figure. The left image shows a blurred figure with a circular motion effect, while the right image captures a figure with a radial blur, creating a pattern resembling a flower or sunburst. Below the images, text reads "Zoetrope Club Demonstration 1939 13/25" and is signed by the artist, Harold Edgerton.

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Date
1939

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Overall: 19 7/8 × 23 15/16in. (50.5 × 60.8 cm) Image (Each): 10 1/2 × 18in. (26.7 × 45.7 cm)

Accession number
96.117.41

Edition
13/25

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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