Plate Number 68. Running

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence of black and white frames capturing a person running. The frames show different stages of the running motion in both side and frontal views. Each frame freezes a moment in time, depicting the movement of limbs and body. The background is plain, emphasizing the motion of the subject. The style is reminiscent of early motion studies in photography.

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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. 68 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.68

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