Studies of Foreshortenings. Horses. Walking. Mahomet. Nos. 119-120

1879

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a horse in motion sequence. The image consists of a series of nine individual frames arranged in a 3x3 grid, each capturing a moment in the movement of a horse. The background is plain. Each frame shows the horse in a slightly different position. The black and white treatment appears vintage.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • Eadweard Muybridge, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Tate, London; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 2010 - 2011, unnumbered catalogue.

2016

  • Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

2010

  • Eadweard Muybridge. Exh. cat., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Tate, London; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. London, 2010.

Inscriptions

printed in ink, bottom right, under image on support: Copyright 1881 by Edw. J. Muybridge.; by unknown hand, upper right, above image on support in graphite: 119-20; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: 1C54.8

Wikidata ID

Q64147031

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