Plate Number 194. Dancing

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image consists of a sequence of photographs arranged in two rows. A woman is shown in various stages of movement, with her full body depicted in each frame. The woman is generally upright, captured in different dynamic poses, suggesting motion. Her facial features appear soft and her hair is neat and pulled back. She wears a long, flowing, light-colored dress. The background features a gridded or lined surface, possibly a wall or screen, and the floor is flat and uniform. There are no visible jewelry or objects in the woman's hands.

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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. 194 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.194


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