Plate Number 110. Ascending a stepladder two steps at a time

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of sequential movements. The image features three rows of black and white photographs. The first row shows steps taken upward on a staircase from the side. The second row shows an ascent up a ladder from behind. The third row shows the same action from the side. Each image in the rows displays subtle changes in pose and movement, conveying motion frame by frame. The composition showcases an analytical study of motion, similar to early photographic studies of human movement.

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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. 110 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.110

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