Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Man and penguin)
c. 1945

A black and white photograph of a man in a suit and tie sitting on the floor, facing a penguin. The man is holding the penguin gently with both hands, and they appear to be at eye level with each other. The background shows a plain wall with a wooden panel at the bottom.

A black and white photograph of a man in a suit and tie sitting on the floor, facing a penguin. The man is holding the penguin gently with both hands, and they appear to be at eye level with each other. The background shows a plain wall with a wooden panel at the bottom.

Not on view

Date
c. 1945

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm) Image: 12 × 8 3/16in. (30.5 × 20.8 cm)

Accession number
96.117.53

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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