Harold E. Edgerton
Hammer Breaks Glass Plate

Hammer Breaks Glass Plate

© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

Hammer Breaks Glass Plate
Hammer Breaks Glass Plate
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Hammer Breaks Glass Plate
Date1933
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 × 8 5/16 in. (16 × 21.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 5/16 in. (18.7 × 23.7 cm)
Mount: 11 × 14 1/16 in. (27.9 × 35.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.922
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist's family.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Janet Lehr, Inc. on 5/1/1988.
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