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Atomic Bomb Explosion

(American, 1903–1990)
before 1952, printed about 1995
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print, mounted to aluminum sheet
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 121.9 x 91.4cm (48 x 36in.)
Framed: 124.8 x 94.3 x 5.1 cm (49 1/8 x 37 1/8 x 2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession number1996.293
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsVerso, l. ctr., in black ink: Harold Edgerton. Verso, l. r., in black ink; 5204.4003.
ProvenanceArtist estate; The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, Santa Fe, NM; gift November 1996.
Copyright© Harold & Esther Edgerton Foundation, courtesy of Palm Press, Inc.
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