Plate Number 163. Jumping, standing broad jump

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of twenty-four black-and-white photographs showing the stages of jumping. The photographs appear to depict the same person in different points of a jump, transitioning from a stationary position to a leap and return. The person appears to have pale skin and short hair, and they only wear a small underwear-like garment. The photographs are in three rows: two rows of six and one row of twelve. The photos in the first two rows are larger, and show the person from the side, facing the right. The twelve photographs in the bottom row are thinner and show the person facing us and jumping again. The background features a grid pattern.

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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. 163 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.163


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