Densmore Shute Bending the Shaft
1938
Artist, American, 1903 - 1990

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 18.7 x 19.6 cm (7 3/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 25.3 x 20.7 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
support: 30.2 x 24.7 cm (11 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1995.35.11
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; gift to NGA, 1995.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1995
The First Century of Photography: New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.
Bibliography
1992
The Sporting Life. Exh. cat. High Museum of Art. Atlanta, Georgia, 1992, no. 66, illus.p.9.
Inscriptions
lower center verso in black ink: Dennis Shute / Harold Edgerton; by later hand, upper center verso in red ink: Pg 10; by later hand, lower right in graphite: MHE.113.Y PM 4; all on mount: upper right in graphite: 66; lower center in graphite: Blue & Black; lower right in red pencil: 19
Wikidata ID
Q64154714