Harold Edgerton

Jackie Jumps the Bench
1938

A black and white photograph capturing a stroboscopic image of a cat in mid-leap, showing multiple translucent silhouettes of the cat's body in various stages of the jump, creating a sense of motion. The cat is arched gracefully over a small stool on a wooden floor against a dark background.
A black and white photograph capturing a stroboscopic image of a cat in mid-leap, showing multiple translucent silhouettes of the cat's body in various stages of the jump, creating a sense of motion. The cat is arched gracefully over a small stool on a wooden floor against a dark background.

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Date
1938

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 19 7/8in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Image: 12 × 18in. (30.5 × 45.7 cm)

Accession number
96.117.46

Edition
6/10

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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