Plate Number 161. Jumping, standing high jump

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence showing a person in motion. The image captures a series of photographic frames depicting the detailed motion of a figure engaged in a physical action, set against the backdrop of a gridded wall. Each frame in the sequence highlights different stages of the leap, documenting the bodily dynamics and postures from various angles.

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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. 161 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved / stampted lower center in purple ink: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, / Washington, D.C.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.161

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