Plate Number 216. Bending to fill a water jar, placing it on head

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential motion study involving a pitcher and a ladder. The image shows multiple small frames arranged in three rows, each capturing a different stage of the action involving a figure in a flowing garment interacting with a pitcher and a stepladder. The background consists of a grid-like surface and the lighting creates a high-contrast atmosphere. The sequence depicts various stages of movement, focusing on the fluidity and grace involved in the interaction with the objects within a controlled environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.4 × 39.5 cm (7 5/8 × 15 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.8 × 60.2 cm (18 13/16 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.257

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

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. 216 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.215

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