Plate Number 195. Dancing a waltz

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence showing a figure in motion. The image is a grid composed of multiple frames, each capturing the figure in various stages of motion against a grid-lined background. The subject moves from left to right in the upper row and continues in the lower row, with subtle changes in posture and position from one frame to the next. This systematic documentation highlights the nuances of physical movement through a series of still shots.

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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. 195 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.195

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