Densmore Shute Bends The Shaft
Object Details
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Kayafas) The Corcoran Gallery of Art, one of the country’s first private museums, was established in 1869 to promote art and American genius. In 2014 the Works from the Corcoran Collection were distributed to institutions in Washington, D.C.
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Date
- 1938 (printed c. 1980-81)
- Object number
- NPG.2019.49
- Artist
- Harold E. Edgerton, 6 Apr 1903 - 4 Jan 1990
- Printer
- Gus Kayafas, born 1947
- Sitter
- Herman Densmore Shute, 25 Oct 1904 - 13 May 1974
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Harold Edgerton/MIT, courtesy Palm Press, Inc.
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 37.8 × 40.6 cm (14 7/8 × 16")
- Sheet: 40.6 × 50.5 cm (16 × 19 7/8")
- Mat: 50.8 × 61 cm (20 × 24")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Topic
- Equipment\Sports Equipment\Golf Club
- Equipment\Sports Equipment\Golf ball
- Herman Densmore Shute: Male
- Herman Densmore Shute: Sports\Athlete\Golfer
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2019.49
