Plate Number 461. Opening a parasol and turning around

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential series capturing the action of opening an umbrella. The image is composed of multiple frames arranged in three rows, each showing a distinct stage of action. In each frame, a figure dressed in a white garment is interacting with an umbrella. The backgrounds display a simple setting with a fence and plants. The black and white images show fluid motion and progression from one action to the next.

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Provenance

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

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Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 461 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.422

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