Plate Number 37. Walking; left hand holding dress, right hand at face

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a series of sequential images capturing motion. The image displays frames arranged in rows, depicting a figure wrapped in a flowing, translucent fabric, walking and turning. Each frame shows a slightly different pose, offering a cinematic feel to the collection and depicting the stages of movement. The series highlights grace and the fluidity of fabric against a plain backdrop, allowing viewers to observe the nuances of motion as the figure transitions through each step.

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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. 37 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.37

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