Plate Number 92. Ascending stairs

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image displays two rows of sequential photographs featuring two individuals. In the top row, a series shows a person with short, dark hair in profile view, moving step by step as if walking up stairs. The bottom row captures a person with medium-length hair seen from behind, taking steps in a similar motion. Both individuals are unclothed, with no accessories or objects. The images are divided into frames as part of a motion study. The background includes a grid pattern in the top sequence and a simple, patterned backdrop in the bottom sequence.

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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. 92 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.92


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