Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Man falling into water)

c. 1940

Diver captured in successive positions leaping from a high board into a pool, splash below.
Diver captured in successive positions leaping from a high board into a pool, splash below.

Harold Edgerton, Untitled (Man falling into water), c. 1940. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm) Image: 9 9/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.3 × 19.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation 96.117.55. © 2010 mit. cOURTESY OF mit mUSEUM.

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Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm) Image: 9 9/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.3 × 19.4 cm)

Accession number
96.117.55

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© 2010 mit. cOURTESY OF mit mUSEUM.

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