Plate Number 400. Emptying a bucket of water

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential study of an individual carrying and throwing a bucket of water. The image consists of multiple frames arranged in a grid format, capturing the motion in incremental stages. Each frame shows a slightly different position as the person progresses from walking to throwing water. The background features a plain setting that suggests an outdoor environment with a simple structure. The sequential nature of the photographs showcases an experiment in capturing motion and the fluidity of movement, providing a dynamic study of motion over a series of moments frozen in time.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.2 × 28.8 cm (9 15/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.7 × 60.2 cm (18 3/4 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4117

  • 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. 400 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.384

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