Plate Number 174. Running and jumping with skipping rope

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential motion study featuring 24 black and white frames arranged in three rows and four columns. Each frame captures a single moment in time, depicting a figure in various stages of movement. The background features a simple lined pattern. The lighting and shadows highlight the fluidity of the subject's actions across the frames.

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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. 174 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.174

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