Plate Number 28. Walking and carrying a 50-lb. dumbbell in right hand

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence of frames capturing motion. The image displays two rows of photographic frames showing the side and rear views of an unclothed masculine figure holding spherical objects while walking, with each frame offering a moment of this locomotion. The background is gridded. Each frame in the sequence seems to capture a slightly different stage of the act of walking. The sequence collectively creates a study of motion and form.

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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. 28 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved. / stamped, bottom center underneath beige background in purple ink: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, / Washington, D.C.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.28

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