Plate Number 43. Walking, sprinkling water from a basin and turning around

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a person carrying a container in a sequence of motion. The image has three rows with frames capturing the movement. The frames show the person pouring or spilling liquid from the container. The images show distinct moments in the sequence in a grid format. The background is a gridded backdrop and the liquid is splashing as it is displaced from the container in different frames. The arrangement provides a visual study of movement over time.

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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. 43 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.43

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