Plate Number 5. Walking

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of sequential motion imagery. The image depicts a series of frames capturing a person's walking motion from the side and the front. A grid in the background suggests a scientific or analytical approach to studying movement. Each frame shows a different phase of the walking cycle, illustrating the progression of steps. The top row displays a profile view, while the bottom row presents a frontal view. The overall tone of the image is monochrome.

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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. 5 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved / stamped, bottom center underneath image in purple ink: The Corcoran Gallery of Art / Washington, D. C.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.5

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