Plate Number 81. Ascending an incline with a bucket of water in each hand

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential study depicting a figure in motion, carrying a bucket and descending steps. The image is a composition of multiple frames arranged in three rows, each capturing different phases of the figure's motion from side, rear, and front perspectives. The background consists of a grid pattern in some frames and vertical surfaces, possibly wooden or metal, in others.

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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. 81 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.81

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