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Lot 136

Harold Edgerton
(1903-1990)
Papa Zacchini Shoots His Daughter Victoria Zacchini, Through the Air

11 – 21 September 2023, 12:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

US$1,500 - US$2,000

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Harold Edgerton (1903-1990)

Papa Zacchini Shoots His Daughter Victoria Zacchini, Through the Air, 1940
Gelatin silver print; with artist's stamp on the verso, further annotated on the verso; matted.
9 7/16 x 7 5/8 in. (24.0 x 19.4 cm)
sheet 10 x 8 1/8 in. (25.4 x 20.7 cm)

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Described by National Geographic as "the man who made time stand still," Harold "Doc" Edgerton was an engineer and scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who developed a strobe flash, called a stroboscope, that enabled him to photographically freeze the motion of a bird in flight, a bullet piercing an apple, and other high-speed actions.

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