Plate Number 74. Ascending an incline

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image displays a series of sequential photographs showing a male figure walking on a plank. The figure is nude and depicted in various views as he moves across the plank from left to right on the top row and from right to left on the middle row. The background features simple horizontal lines suggesting a plain backdrop.

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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. 74 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.74 / stamped, right center in purple ink: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, / Washington, D.C.


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