Bullet Through Balloons

1959, printed 1980-81

Harold Edgerton

Associated Names
Harold Edgerton

Artist, American, 1903 - 1990

The image shows two large balloons hanging on a string. One balloon is being burst and fragments of the balloon material are scattered to the left. The colors in the image are predominantly shades of white and gray, indicating it is a black and white photograph. The balloons are positioned along a horizontal string in the middle of the frame, with the intact balloon on the right and the burst balloon on the left. A small object, possibly a bullet, is visible on the far right near the edge of the frame.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pete Kayafas, Temple Hills, MD; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 1986; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: HAROLD EDGERTON; by unknown hand, bottom left: 5901.2030; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1986.45.22

Wikidata ID

Q64154724

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