Plate Number 95. Ascending stairs with a basin in hands

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph depicting a sequential series of images showing motion. The image features two rows of consecutive black and white photographs showing a figure in a long dress ascending stairs while holding a bowl. The top row shows the sequence from the side, capturing the step-by-step movement of ascending. The bottom row presents similar frames from a rear view, offering an alternative perspective of the motion. The background is a plain dark surface, placing emphasis on the subject's movement. Each photograph is numbered, highlighting the scientific approach of the study in motion.

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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. 95 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.95


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