Plate Number 55. Walking and turning around, action of aversion

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows multiple frames of a woman in various poses, walking and making gestural movements. She has her hair styled up, wearing a sheer, flowing dress. The background features vertical lines resembling a screen or wall, with a visible floor surface. No jewelry or objects are visible in her hands.

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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. 55 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.55

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