Amateur Golfer

c. 1967

Harold Edgerton

Associated Names
Harold Edgerton

Artist, American, 1903 - 1990

The image shows a series of lines radiating outward in a spiral form. The lines are created by multiple overlapping strokes resembling bristles on a brush or elongated skeletal fingers. The composition captures a dynamic motion, with a row of club heads suspended along the radial lines. The design is intricate, creating a visual connection to the mechanism of a clock or a spinning fan, highlighting the theme of circular motion and rhythm.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: 120/sec.; lower right in black ink: Harold Edgerton; center verso stamped in blue ink: H.E. EDGERTON / M.I.T. 4-405 / CAMBRIDGE-MASS.; lower right verso: Edgerton Estate stamp; all by later hands, in graphite: upper left verso: 10.643; lower right verso: 10.643

Wikidata ID

Q64154716

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