Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Harold Edgerton
Harold Edgerton: Ten Dye Transfer Photographs
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Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Harold Edgerton
1903 - 1990
Harold Edgerton: Ten Dye Transfer Photographs
signed in pencil (on the reverse of 9 prints); with number 112/150 in pencil (on the colophon)
the complete portfolio of 10 dye transfer prints
images to 18 by 14½ in. or the reverse
images to 45.7 by 36.8 cm. or the reverse
Executed in 1938-73, printed in 1985, published by Palm Press, Inc., this portfolio is number 115 from an edition of 150 plus 30 publisher's proofs and 26 lettered artist's proofs.
Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Natalie Alford at Natalie.Alford@sothebys.com.
Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation in 1996 to the present owner
The photographs are as follows:
Football Kick, 1938
Diver, 1955
Milk Drop Coronet, 1957
Cranberry Juice into Milk, 1960
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, 1973
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