8. Harold “Doc” Edgerton
MIT Banana Split, 1964 (.30 cal Bullet at 2800 feet per second), 1964, printed 1985
dye transfer, 20x16 inches, AP, signed verso
Gift of Gus and Arlette Kayafas. Framing courtesy of Palm Press.
Retail Value: $4,000

An MIT scientist, Edgerton was a pioneer in the use of high speed electronic flash with this work in the 1940s. Edgerton produced a number of books illustrated by his pictures, often using rapid multiple flashes to build up a picture of a movement. His most well known images include those of a bullet passing through an apple and milk droplet.