Plate Number 455. Throwing self on a heap of hay

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential action involving an interaction with a pile of straw. The image is a contact sheet, displaying a series of frames capturing movement step-by-step. The setting is indoors, bordered by a grid background. Each frame shows progression through motion as an individual enters the scene, interacts with the straw, and reclines in it. The sequence is a study in movement, capturing the fluidity and transitions of the action in a detailed, systematic manner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.5 × 41.5 cm (7 5/16 × 16 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.63 × 60.33 cm (18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.447

  • 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. 455 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.416

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