Plate Number 100. Turning and ascending stairs

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential study of motion. The image features a grid layout containing multiple frames capturing the stages of movement of a figure in a long, flowing garment. The upper row shows the individual in profile, moving lengthwise across the frame, while the lower row depicts them facing forward, illustrating the progression of motion across the steps. The contrast and detail highlight the flow and temporal progression within this motion study.

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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. 100 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.100

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