Ten Dye Transfer Photographs (incomplete portfolio)

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Ten Dye Transfer Photographs (incomplete portfolio)

Artist Harold Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)

Dateprinted 1985, negatives 1938-73

MediumColor dye transfer photographs

ClassificationPhotographs

Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

Object number

1996.30A-I

Not on View

Label TextHarold Eugene “Doc” Edgerton was an insightful scientist, exceptional teacher, ingenious inventor, successful entrepreneur, and acclaimed artist. As a graduate student of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he was the primary developer of the “stroboscope” (electronic strobe). Originally developed for the study of the motion of electric motors, Edgerton realized that the strobe could be used to capture phenomena too fast to be seen by the naked eye. His richly colored photographs soon became more than mere curiosities; they were respected for their scientific pedigree and recognized for their beauty and compositional excellence. Major museums and collectors began to acquire his work. A 1940 short film based on his work, Quicker’n a Wink, won an Oscar. Football Kick, 1938 Milk Drop Coronet, 1957 Cranberry Juice into Milk, 1957 Moscow Circus, 1963 Bullet through Banana, 1964 .30 Bullet Piercing an Apple, 1964 Cutting the Card Quickly!, 1964 Pigeon Released, 1965 Bullet through Candle Flame, 1973Exhibition History1996.30A, B, E, and F were in the following exhibition : Toledo Museum of Art, The Unseen Art of the TMA: What's in the Vaults and Why? from September 12, 2004 - January 2, 2005.