Harold Edgerton

Cutting the Card Quickly (Jack of Hearts)
1964, printed 1976–80

A black and white photograph capturing a playing card, the Jack of Hearts, pierced by a bullet with a visible trajectory line and a blurred shadow of the card and bullet in the background. The card is mounted on a small pedestal against a plain backdrop.

A black and white photograph capturing a playing card, the Jack of Hearts, pierced by a bullet with a visible trajectory line and a blurred shadow of the card and bullet in the background. The card is mounted on a small pedestal against a plain backdrop.

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Date
1964, printed 1976–80

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 19 15/16in. (40.6 × 50.6 cm) Image: 14 1/4 × 18 7/16in. (36.2 × 46.8 cm)

Accession number
96.125.10

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.

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Harold Edgerton
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