Plate Number 184. Walking on hands and feet

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of sequential imagery depicting a nude figure bending over. The image consists of a grid of photographs capturing a series of movements. The grid is made up of three rows, each containing images showing the progressive motion of a figure bending forward. The background features a vertical pattern. The position of the figure changes slightly in each frame, creating a sense of motion. The variation in the figure's posture is systematically documented across the frames, showing the continuous transition of the human form in motion.

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Artwork history & notes

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. 184 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower right in black pencil: 87.7.184


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