Plate Number 217. Stooping, lifting and carrying a 30-lb. basket

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of black and white photographs in a grid format showing the process of lifting and carrying a basket. The frames capture progressive stages of the action. The background features a grid, a plain surface, and hanging cloth material. The basket is made of woven material, and its content is indistinct. The photographs analyze dynamic actions in a systematic manner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.8 × 42 cm (7 × 16 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.2 × 61.3 cm (19 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.258

  • 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. 217 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.216

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