Plate Number 2. Walking

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a sequence of images depicting a subject walking. The frames are arranged in a grid format against a lined background, suggesting a study of movement and anatomy over time. The sequence illustrates the gradual progression of walking with detailed attention to the muscular form and shifts in position of the limbs. The repeated pattern conveys a sense of time progression and focus on human motion dynamics.

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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. 2 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.2

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