Harold Edgerton

Jackie Wags His Tail

1938, printed 1988

A black-and-white dog stands on its hind legs on a small platform, tail wagging.
A black-and-white dog stands on its hind legs on a small platform, tail wagging.

Harold Edgerton, Jackie Wags His Tail, 1938, printed 1988. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm) Image: 12 3/4 × 9 15/16 in. (32.4 × 25.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation 96.117.47. © 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.

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Date
1938, printed 1988

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm) Image: 12 3/4 × 9 15/16 in. (32.4 × 25.2 cm)

Accession number
96.117.47

Edition
23/25

Credit line
Gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

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

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