Artist Monograph

Harold Eugene Edgerton, American

American, 1903–1990

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	29	93.5%
Printmaking	2	6.5%

Production by Decade

1930s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	22	71%
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	29%

Range: 11.4 cm → 36.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1941	1
1943	1
1964	1
1979	1
1990	4
1994	1
1996	20
2016	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 31 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Water from a Faucet Photograph Acc. 255.1996	1932	Gelatin silver print	12 3/4 × 10" (32.4 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Smash! Photograph Acc. 270.1996	1933	Gelatin silver print	14 1/4 × 10 1/2" (36.2 × 26.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
This is Coffee Photograph Acc. 271.1996	1933	Gelatin silver print	9 7/8 × 12 7/8" (25.1 × 32.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Wes Fesler Kicking a Football Photograph Acc. 57.1979	c. 1935	Gelatin silver print	13 1/4 × 10 3/8" (33.7 × 26.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography
Dangerous Weapon Photograph Acc. 490.1994	1936	Gelatin silver print	9 7/8 × 12 15/16" (25.1 × 32.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Lead Falling in a Shot Tower Photograph Acc. 372.1990	1936	Gelatin silver print	7 9/16 × 9 1/2" (19.3 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gus and Arlette Kayafas
Milk Drop Photograph Acc. 256.1996	c. 1936	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 5/8" (22.9 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Milk Drop Photograph Acc. 257.1996	c. 1936	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 5/8" (24.1 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Milk Drop Photograph Acc. 258.1996	c. 1936	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 5/8" (24.2 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Milk Drop Photograph Acc. 259.1996	c. 1936	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 5/8" (22.9 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Milk Drop Photograph Acc. 260.1996	c. 1936	Gelatin silver print	9 9/16 × 7 5/8" (24.3 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Milk Drop Photograph Acc. 261.1996	c. 1936	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 5/8" (24.1 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, Concord, MA
Milk Drop Photograph Acc. 262.1996	c. 1936	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 5/8" (24.1 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Milk Drop Photograph Acc. 263.1996	c. 1936	Gelatin silver print	9 9/16 × 7 5/8" (24.3 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Golfer Photograph Acc. 29.1941	1937	Gelatin silver print	7 1/4 × 8 1/8" (18.4 × 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the artist
Bobby Jones with a Driver Photograph Acc. 267.1996	1938	Gelatin silver print	9 5/8 × 11 1/2" (24.4 × 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Coronet Photograph Acc. 458.1960	c. 1938	Gelatin silver print	Approx. 12 11/16 × 9 1/2" (32.2 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Fencer Photograph Acc. 264.1996	1938	Gelatin silver print	12 1/2 × 10" (31.7 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Golf Swing Photograph Acc. 373.1990	1938	Gelatin silver print	9 7/16 × 7 11/16" (24 × 19.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gus and Arlette Kayafas
Jackie Jumps a Bench Photograph Acc. 265.1996	1938	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1949	7 9/16 × 9 1/2" (19.3 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Bobby Jones Golf Swing Photograph Acc. 266.1996	1939 or before	Gelatin silver print	9 5/8 × 7 3/4" (24.4 × 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Cicada Photograph Acc. 268.1996	1939 or before	Gelatin silver print	8 1/8 × 10 9/16" (20.6 × 26.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Golf Swing Photograph Acc. 269.1996	1939 or before	Gelatin silver print	8 1/8 × 10 9/16" (20.6 × 26.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Indian Club Demonstration Photograph Acc. 59.1964	1939	Gelatin silver print	13 × 10" (33.0 × 26.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Indian Club Demonstration Photograph Acc. 272.1996	1939	Gelatin silver print	8 3/8 × 6 5/8" (21.3 × 16.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Pelton Wheel Photograph Acc. 273.1996	1939	Gelatin silver print	10 × 12 1/2" (25.4 × 31.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Dr. Harold E. Edgerton
Swirls and Eddies of a Tennis Stroke Photograph Acc. 695.1943	1939	Gelatin silver print	6 3/4 × 9 3/4" (17.1 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the artist
Milk Drop Coronet Photograph Acc. 274.1996	1957	Dye transfer print, printed 1963	9 3/4 × 7 7/8" (24.8 × 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Dr. Harold E. Edgerton
Bouncing Ball Bearing Photograph Acc. 370.1990	1962	Gelatin silver print	9 9/16 × 7 11/16" (24.3 × 19.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gus and Arlette Kayafas
Bullet Through Air Photograph Acc. 371.1990	1971	Gelatin silver print	7 5/8 × 9 3/8" (19.4 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gus and Arlette Kayafas
Untitled Photograph Acc. 1800.2015	1985	Color instant print (Polaroid Polacolor)	3 3/8 × 4 1/2" (8.6 × 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill