Plate Number 86. Ascending an incline

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of sequential images capturing movement. The photograph consists of multiple frames displayed in rows, each frame depicting a different phase in the act of walking. The sequential photographs are arranged in a grid-like manner, emphasizing the continuity and fluidity of movement from one frame to the next. The lighting is consistent across all frames to ensure clarity of the subject's motion. The environment appears to be outdoors or in a controlled studio setting, with a neutral background.

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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. 86 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved. / stamped bottom center-right in purple ink: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, / Washington, D.C.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.86

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