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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Football Kick
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Football Kick

Artist Harold Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)
CultureAmerican
Date1938
MediumDye transfer print
Dimensions20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Object number96.14.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis photograph is a below the waist portrait of a football player's foot coming into contact with the football.

Label TextHarold Edgerton American, 1903-1990 Football Kick, 1938 Dye transfer print, 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm) Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation 96.14.1 Courtesy of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family FoundationExhibition 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. "History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001. "Game On: Sports in Ancient and Modern Art," Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, July 9 - October 9, 2016. "Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.
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