Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Water into goblet)
c. 1940

A black and white photograph capturing a moment of water flowing from a tap into a glass held by a person's hand, with the water splashing around the glass and creating a dynamic pattern of droplets and bubbles.
A black and white photograph capturing a moment of water flowing from a tap into a glass held by a person's hand, with the water splashing around the glass and creating a dynamic pattern of droplets and bubbles.

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Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm) Image: 12 11/16 × 8 3/8in. (32.2 × 21.3 cm)

Accession number
96.117.97

Edition
33/50

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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