Plate Number 102. Turning and ascending stairs with a bucket of water in right hand

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a sequence of full-body photographs of a nude woman performing movements with a wooden bucket in her left hand. She has long hair in a loose braid and is not wearing clothing or jewelry. The background features horizontal lines, possibly a louvered or textured panel, with a plain surface resembling concrete or a similar material.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.4 × 32.4 cm (9 3/16 × 12 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 47.9 × 60.35 cm (18 7/8 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.152

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

Artwork history & notes

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. 102 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.102

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