Plate Number 77. Ascending an incline

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of sequential images capturing a figure in motion. The image consists of multiple frames arranged in a grid, displaying the progressive movements of a nude figure as it walks forward and backward in different panels. Each frame documents a distinct instance of the movement. The backdrop is simple, focusing solely on the subject, emphasizing the motion captured. The series has a vintage quality, typical of early motion photography techniques.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.6 × 36.3 cm (8 1/8 × 14 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.3 × 61.35 cm (19 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.128

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

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. 77 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.77

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