Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Throwing ball)
c. 1940

A black and white photograph capturing the motion of a hand juggling four balls in mid-air, with a blurred effect showing the movement of the balls and the hands.
A black and white photograph capturing the motion of a hand juggling four balls in mid-air, with a blurred effect showing the movement of the balls and the hands.

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Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm) Image: 9 7/16 × 7 5/8in. (24 × 19.4 cm)

Accession number
96.117.90

Edition
Vintage

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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