Untitled (Electric Fan Drawing Smoke)

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Copied Harold E. Edgerton, Untitled (Electric Fan Drawing Smoke), 1934, gelatin silver print, sheet: 10 x 7 3⁄4 in. (25.4 x 19.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1991.11

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled (Electric Fan Drawing Smoke)
Artist
Date
1934
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 10 x 7 3⁄4 in. (25.4 x 19.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Keywords
  • Still life — other — appliance
Object Number
1991.11
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1991.11

Artwork Description

Harold Edgerton was a pioneer in photographing fast-paced events invisible to the naked eye. Using strobe lights that could flash up to 120 times a second, he tracked the motion of all kinds of human and mechanical operations, such as the movement of air through the blades of a fan. He combined his photographic career, including collaborations with industrial clients and the United States government, with a teaching career in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2013