Plate Number 58. Walking, turning around and sweeping the floor

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows sequential frames of a person sweeping with a broom. The person is undressed, revealing their posture and movements. They have short, tidy hair and the facial features are not detailed. The person holds a broom throughout the sequence. The background is an industrial setting with a grid or fence, potentially used for studying movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.6 × 36 cm (8 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.6 × 60.15 cm (18 3/4 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.110

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1887; acquired by NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 58 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.58

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