Plate Number 158. Jumping, running twist high jump

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence capturing motion through frames. The image shows black and white frames arranged in two rows, documenting the movement of an athlete jumping over a high bar and throwing an object. The sequential actions are shown with slight variations between each frame, illustrating the athlete's progression through the movements.

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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. 158 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.158

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