Artist
Harold E. Edgerton (American, 1903–1990)American, 1903–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Milk Drop Coronet
Date1957, printed 1985
PlaceUnited States
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 18 5/16 × 13 5/16 in. (46.5 × 33.8 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 15/16 in. (50.5 × 37.9 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 15/16 in. (50.5 × 37.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Foundation
Object number96.934.3
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Harold “Doc” Edgerton transformed the field of high-speed
photography by linking laboratory strobe lights with camera shutter motors.
Edgerton’s photographs made it possible to observe movements too fast for the
human eye. Milk Drop Coronet captures
the moment a single drop of milk rebounds from the surface of a table. It also
illustrates photography’s unique ability to advance human understanding of the
world.
ProvenanceHarold and Esther Edgerton Foundation, Boston; given to MFAH, 1996.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right: 8501.2122/5701
Signed in pencil, verso, lower center: Harold Edgerton
Signed in pencil, verso, lower center: Harold Edgerton
Signed in pencil, verso, lower center: Harold Edgerton
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