Plate Number 14. Walking, right hand at chin

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a series of photographs of a nude person walking in sequential poses. The top row displays the person in profile, walking from right to left with their right hand raised towards their face. The middle row shows the person from the rear, walking from left to right. The bottom row depicts the person facing forward, walking from left to right with their hand raised towards their face. The background features a striped, textured wall and there are no other elements visible.

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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. 14 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.14

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