Plate Number 134. Descending stairs with a basin in hands

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of sequential motion studies. The image consists of a series of small frames arranged in two horizontal rows, each capturing different moments of movement of a figure dressed in a long gown. The top row shows the figure progressing across a platform with subtle changes in position. The bottom row shows a similar sequence with the figure facing forward. The background is plain, focusing on the transition of movement captured in each sequence.

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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. 134 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved. / stamped, bottom center underneath beige field in purple ink: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, / Washington, D.C.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.134

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