A bullet pierces a jack of diamonds playing card, cutting it in half as it flies through.

Harold Edgerton

Cutting the Card Quickly!

1964, printed 1984–90

Not on view

122 works in the collection
6 exhibitions
View more by this artist https://whitney.org/collection/works/10934

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye transfer print

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 1/8 × 20 1/16 in. (41 × 51 cm) Image: 14 1/4 × 18 1/8 in. (36.2 × 46 cm)

Accession number
96.126.8

Edition
109/150 | 26 APs, 30 SE sets

Credit line
Gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.

API
artworks/10934

Part of a series:
Ten Dye Transfer Photographs
10 works

A bright flame and swirling smoke rise inside a colorful glass bulb against a dark background.
Three white doves fly across a black background as hands release them.
A bullet pierces an apple, sending juice and fragments outward in midair.
Ripe banana mounted on a rod being struck and exploding with a fuzzy burst to the right.
A Jack of diamonds playing card is sliced in half as a bullet passes through.
Acrobats perform high-flying balancing acts on long poles above a circus ring.
A pink liquid droplet rises in a smooth column against a deep blue background.
A white liquid crown splash forms on a red surface as a droplet hangs above.
Three male divers in pink trunks performing a synchronized dive from a high diving board into a pool.
Football player wearing gold pants and red socks prepares to kick a football resting on the ground.

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