Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Mrs. Webster with hummingbirds)
1936

A black and white photo of a smiling woman with glasses, wearing a dark blazer and a light-colored blouse, holding out her hand with two small birds perched on it. The background is plain and nondescript, focusing attention on the woman and the birds.

A black and white photo of a smiling woman with glasses, wearing a dark blazer and a light-colored blouse, holding out her hand with two small birds perched on it. The background is plain and nondescript, focusing attention on the woman and the birds.

Not on view

Date
1936

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm) Image: 5 15/16 × 5 5/16in. (15.1 × 13.5 cm)

Accession number
96.117.73

Edition
2/10

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.

API
artworks/10874

Exhibitions

Real/Surreal

Oct 6, 2011–Feb 12, 2012

Harold Edgerton
122 works in the collection

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