Plate Number 144. Descending stairs and turning with a basin in hands

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence showing a figure descending stairs while holding an object. The photograph is a series of black and white frames laid out in a grid pattern, capturing a continuous action of a figure stepping down stairs and carrying a bowl or similar object. The top and bottom rows of images depict the movement from different angles or perspectives. The scene appears to be set against a textured or lined backdrop.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.7 × 30.8 cm (9 3/4 × 12 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.85 × 60.4 cm (18 13/16 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.192

  • 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. 144 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.144

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