Plate Number 179. Stepping on and over a rock, a basket on head and right hand raised

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of sequential images capturing motion. The grid of small, sequential photographs depicts an individual carrying a basket on their head while stepping up and moving across the frame. Multiple rows and columns show different positions, providing a sense of movement and progression through space. The series is arranged in a way that gives a cinematic effect, documenting changes in posture and fluid motion. The image is monochromatic, emphasizing movement over color or details.

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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. 179 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.179

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