Plate Number 33. Walking and carrying a 14-lb. basket on head, hands raised

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of sequential images capturing motion. It shows a sequence of side and back profiles of a person walking while carrying an object on their head. Each frame captures a different stage of the step, from a stationary position to walking. The grids in the background suggest a study of motion. The consistency in the subject's posture and motion across the frames highlights the fluidity and balance involved in walking with an object on the head.

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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. 33 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.33

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