Water from a Faucet

1932

Harold Edgerton

Associated Names
Harold Edgerton

Artist, American, 1903 - 1990

A stream of water is flowing out of a cylindrical pipe at the top of the image, forming patterns and droplets as it cascades downwards against a plain black background. The image is in black and white, providing contrast between the water and the darkness. The water stream occupies the central vertical space of the image, with the pipe positioned at the top.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.8 x 23.3 cm (13 11/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.6 x 28.3 cm (14 x 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.23.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Estate of Harold Edgerton; (Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA); purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Seeing the Unseen: Dr. Harold E. Edgerton and the Wonders of Strobe Alley. Rochester, 1994: n.p.

1998

  • Dust Breeding: Photographs, Sculpture & Film. Exh. cat. Fraenkel Gallery. San Francisco, 1998: 7.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Harold Edgerton; all on verso: lower left in graphite: PP46; lower center stamped in red ink: H.E. EDGERTON / M.I.T. 4-405 / CAMBRIDGE-MASS.; lower center: estate stamp with graphite addition: 13.951; lower right in red ink: #45; lower right in graphite: PO.0143 / HE.0309.4 HED95 50

Wikidata ID

Q64154721

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