Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Mrs. Webster with hummingbirds)

1936

An older person gently holds two hummingbirds while another hovers near their hand.

An older person gently holds two hummingbirds while another hovers near their hand.

Not on view

Date
1936

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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

Accession number
96.117.73

Edition
2/10

Credit line
Gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

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

API
artworks/10874

Part of a series:
Untitled
102 works

Row of metal nozzles releasing a diagonal trail of falling water droplets against a dark background.

Bullet piercing a thin membrane, leaving curved shock lines and a trailing cloud.

A bullet pierces a soap bubble on a vertical stand, spraying droplets to the right.

A series of overlapping exposures showing an owl flapping and gliding through the air.

A bullet slices through a king playing card, sending paper fragments and dust into the air.

King of diamonds playing card being shot through by a speeding bullet, tearing the card apart.

Acrobats perform multiple airborne somersaults over a trampoline in front of a seated audience.

Multiple trapeze artists perform mid-air flips above a crowded circus audience.

A troupe of acrobats in yellow costumes performing aerial flips and forming a human tower above the ring.

Several athletes perform pole vaulting and flips over poles in front of a seated audience.

Exhibitions

Real/Surreal

Oct 6, 2011–Feb 12, 2012

Harold Edgerton
122 works in the collection, 6 exhibitions

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