Plate Number 124. Descending an incline with a 20-lb. basket on head, hands raised

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a sequence of images showing a person carrying a basket on their head. The images are organized in four rows capturing the individual walking along a board from different angles. Each row displays a step of the movement. The monochromatic tones and style indicate early photographic techniques used to study movement 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. 124 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.124

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