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Seeing the Unseen
Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903–1990)
$16,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ £10,034≈ €12,894
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Boston: Gus Kayafas, 1977. Seven gelatin silver and five dye transfer prints”
- Edition
- 21/60
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- Varying sizes from 9 3/8 x 11 1/2 in. (23.8 x 29.2 cm) to 13 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (34.3 x 27 cm) or the reverse.
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago (NY040214)
- Date
- October 1, 2014
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 107
- Estimate
- $10,000 – $15,000 (≈ £6,175 – £9,262) (≈ €7,935 – €11,902)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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