Plate Number 151. Descending a stepladder and turning around with a rock 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 captures a series of figures in motion, aligned in two rows, taken from side and back views respectively. Each frame shows incremental progressions of a figure stepping on a small staircase while holding an object. The background consists of lined grids. The lighting is consistent throughout the 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. 151 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.151

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