Plate Number 3. Walking

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of sequential images capturing movement. The full-description shows a grid of 14 black and white photographs arranged in two rows, each depicting a different stage of a motion sequence. The top row displays images taken from the front perspective, featuring a series of movement across a consistent grid patterned background. The bottom row displays the same sequence of movement but from the rear perspective. The setting and attire suggest a careful study of form, possibly relating to kinetic art or anatomical studies, highlighting bodily movement through a series of continued and subtle shifts.

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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. 3 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.3


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