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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1996.92.5
People
Harold Edgerton, American (Fremont, Nebraska 1903 - 1990 Boston, Massachusetts)
Title
Death of a Lightbulb (Bullet through a Lightbulb)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Harold Edgerton: Ten Photographs, 1992
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1936
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/281283

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 31.2 x 47 cm (12 5/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
sheet: 40.5 x 50.5 cm (15 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso, lower center, in graphite: HAROLD EDGERTON
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso, center: HAROLD EDGERTON 1981; inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: 9101.2011/3603

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
P1996.92.5
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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