id: 159461 accession number: 1996.237 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.237 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:30.583000 Tennis Ball Impact, 1935. Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903–1990). Vintage platinum print; image: 21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.); paper: 25.1 x 20.1 cm (9 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.237 © 1992 Harold Edgerton Trust, courtesy Palm Press, Inc. title: Tennis Ball Impact title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1935 creation date earliest: 1935 creation date latest: 1935 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: © 1992 Harold Edgerton Trust, courtesy Palm Press, Inc. --- culture: America, 20th century technique: Vintage platinum print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1900-1950 type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903–1990) - artist Harold Eugene Edgerton American, 1903-1990 Inventor, scientist, and teacher Harold Edgerton became internationally known for his high-speed flash photographs of rapidly moving objects: a bullet ripping through an apple, the beating of a hummingbird's wings, the impact of a baseball on a bat. After receiving his doctorate in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1931), Edgerton pursued pioneering research in stroboscopic photography that led to the development of the modern electronic speed flash and the ability to capture on film events not visible to the unaided human eye. Using various methods of flash synchronization, he was able to visually freeze the movements of birds, athletes in motion, and phenomena such as a drop of milk splashing onto a plate. Although best known for his many spectacular stop-action photographs, Edgerton was also involved in the development of underwater cameras and strobes, as well as sonar devices for geological research and underwater archaeological exploration. In addition to a distinguished teaching career at mit, Edgerton (born in Fremont, Nebraska) was a founding partner of eg&g, a company specializing in electronic technology. M.M. --- measurements: Image: 21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.); Paper: 25.1 x 20.1 cm (9 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "Harold Edgerton [signed]"; "MHE.107..y"; "PM 149" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 144 url: --- IMAGES