Plate Number 40. Walking and throwing a handkerchief over shoulders

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a sequence of photographs featuring a person walking across a frame. The individual is depicted from various angles, facing left at the start and gradually turning towards the camera. They are in motion, holding a piece of fabric or shawl over their shoulders with an extended arm. The person has short, dark hair styled neatly and is seen without any additional clothing besides the fabric draped over their shoulders. They are on a plank or platform against a backdrop of horizontal white lines.

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Artwork history & notes

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. 40 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.40


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