Plate Number 71. Running

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence capturing motion. The image shows a series of still frames depicting the motion of a figure. The sequence is arranged in two rows, each showing a series of frames where the figure appears to be moving across a consistent background. The first row shows the figure in different stages of stride. The second row shows the figure moving in a reversed direction, with a focus on the sway and flow of a long material or garment. Each frame captures a slight change in posture, illustrating the progression of movement over time. The photographs are in black and white.

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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.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 71 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.71


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