Rising Dove
Artist
Harold Edgerton
(American, 1903-1990)
CultureAmerican
Date1944
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 17 7/8 × 14 1/2 in. (45.4 × 36.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 25 1/2 × 22 1/4 in. (64.8 × 56.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 25 1/2 × 22 1/4 in. (64.8 × 56.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Object number96.14.17
Not on view
DescriptionThis photographs depicts a dove with its wings outspread. The bird's wing partially obsures the face of a man who is behind the bird.Exhibition History"Revealing the Unseen: The Split-Second Photography of Harold Edgerton," The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Prints and Drawings Gallery, December 1, 1996 through February 16, 1997.
