Plate Number 123. Descending an incline with a 20-lb. basket on head, hands raised

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This image is a sequential motion study consisting of multiple frames arranged in three rows. Each row shows a different stage of a single action with a figure in repetitive poses. The top row depicts a figure in profile view walking and carrying a basket on the head from left to right. The middle row shows the same action from a front view. The bottom row presents the action from a rear view. The frames have a neutral background with a striped pattern. The purpose of the layout is to display the gradual progression of motion systematically.

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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. 123 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.123


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