Plate Number 53. Walking, scattering flowers and turning around

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image is a series of black and white photographic frames showing a woman walking. The woman is depicted in different poses and angles as she walks barefoot. She has her hair in a loose bun or updo, wearing a draped garment around her lower body and leaving her upper body uncovered. In one hand, she holds a branch or bundle of leaves. The background consists of horizontal lines, potentially wooden or metal shutters, and a plain ground surface. The scene is evenly lit with no strong shadows.

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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. 53 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.53

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