Plate Number 189. Dancing (fancy)

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image depicts a series of 12 frames showing a woman in various dance poses. She is balancing on one leg with the other lifted, arms extended holding a flowing fabric. Her hair is styled in an updo, and she wears a sheer, flowing dress. She is barefoot against a backdrop of parallel lines, with no visible jewelry or objects.

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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.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 189 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.189


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