Harold Edgerton

Hammer Breaking Glass

1933, printed 1976–80

A gloved hand holds a hammer striking a glass pane, sending radial cracks outward.

A gloved hand holds a hammer striking a glass pane, sending radial cracks outward.

Not on view

Date
1933, printed 1976–80

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 1/16 in. (50.6 × 40.8 cm) Image: 17 5/16 × 14 1/16 in. (44 × 35.7 cm)

Accession number
96.125.1

Edition
Ed. 20

Credit line
Gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

Rights and reproductions
©️ 2010 MIT. Courtesy MIT Museum

API
artworks/10916

Part of a series:
Ten Photographs
8 works

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Male dancer stands center while his blurred arms move upward creating a fan-like wing pattern.

A large white spherical object with crater-like markings sits atop a tall lattice tower against a dark sky.

A dancer captured in multiple overlapping leaps across the stage through long-exposure motion.

The white blades of an upright electric fan standout against a black background and emit whimsical white swirls.

A pair of cleated boots pressing a worn leather football into the dirt.

A man draws a longbow, holding it steady as an arrow flies to the right.

A gloved hand holds a hammer striking a glass pane, sending radial cracks outward.

Harold Edgerton
122 works in the collection, 6 exhibitions

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