Harold Edgerton

Jackie Wags His Tail
1938, printed 1988

A black and white photograph of a dog standing on its hind legs on top of a dark box, with its head turned upwards and tail blurred in motion, against a black background.
A black and white photograph of a dog standing on its hind legs on top of a dark box, with its head turned upwards and tail blurred in motion, against a black background.

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Date
1938, printed 1988

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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

Accession number
96.117.47

Edition
23/25

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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Harold Edgerton
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