Plate Number 108. Turning to ascend stairs, stooping and lifting pitcher

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential motion study. The image contains a series of black and white frames capturing the detailed movements of a figure. Each panel presents a different stage of motion against a neutral, lined background. The photographs are arranged in two rows, showing a progression of actions that include approaching an object, interacting with it, and then stepping onto a raised platform.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.85 × 36.4 cm (8 3/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.8 × 60.4 cm (18 13/16 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.158

  • 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. 108 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.108

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