Harold Edgerton

Atomic Bomb Exploding
1945–1952, printed 1976–1980

A monochromatic artwork depicting a stylized, spherical object resembling a moon or planet, tethered to a tower structure by lines, against a dark background, creating a surreal and minimalist scene.

A monochromatic artwork depicting a stylized, spherical object resembling a moon or planet, tethered to a tower structure by lines, against a dark background, creating a surreal and minimalist scene.

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Date
1945–1952, printed 1976–1980

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm) Image: 18 1/16 × 14 3/8in. (45.9 × 36.5 cm)

Accession number
96.125.8

Series
Ten Photographs

Edition
Ed. 20

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/10923

Exhibitions

Flash: Photographs by Harold Edgerton from the Whitney's Collection

Mar 30–July 15, 2018

Harold Edgerton
122 works in the collection

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