Harold Edgerton

Cutting the Card Quickly!
1964, printed 1984–90

A Jack of Diamonds playing card is pierced by a bullet in mid-air against a dark blue background, with the bullet captured on the right side of the image showing motion blur. The card and bullet are reflected on a surface below, creating a symmetrical composition.

A Jack of Diamonds playing card is pierced by a bullet in mid-air against a dark blue background, with the bullet captured on the right side of the image showing motion blur. The card and bullet are reflected on a surface below, creating a symmetrical composition.

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Date
1964, printed 1984–90

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye transfer print

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

Accession number
96.126.8

Series
Ten Dye Transfer Photographs

Edition
109/150 | 26 APs, 30 SE sets

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/10934

Exhibitions

Real/Surreal

Oct 6, 2011–Feb 12, 2012

Harold Edgerton
122 works in the collection

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