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Call Number:

PH-02887

Collection Name:

Harold Eugene Edgerton: Ten Dye Transfer Photographs

Creator:

Edgerton, Harold Eugene, 1903-1990 (1903 - 1990)

No. of Items:

9 photographs in 1 portfolio

Span Dates:

1985

Description:

Limited edition published portfolio, entitled Harold Eugene Edgerton: Ten Dye Transfer Photographs (Littleton, Mass.:Palm Press, Inc., 1985), containing "dye transfer prints...made under the supervision of Harold Edgerton and Gus Kayafas by Boris Color Lab, Boston, Massachusetts." The Ransom Center's copy is 144/150, and it is lacking the second plate. Plate titles follow.

997:0151:0001 -- Football Kick, 1938;
997:0151:0002 -- Milk Drop Coronet, 1957;
997:0151:0003 -- Cranberry Juice into Milk, 1960;
997:0151:0004 -- Moscow Circus, 1963;
997:0151:0005 -- Bullet through Banana, 1964;
997:0151:0006 -- .30 Bullet Piercing and Apple, 1964;
997:0151:0007 -- Cutting the Card Quickly!, 1964;
997:0151:0008 -- Pigeon Released, 1965;
997:0151:0009 -- Bullet through Candle Flame, 1973, (with Kim Vandiver).

Accession No(s):

997:0151:0001-0009

Location(s):

1 osb, Box 1 (997:0151:0001-0009)
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Flat File (Ten Dye Transfer Empty Portfolio)
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