Plate Number 221. Stooping and lifting a 12-lb. basket to head

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a series of photographs featuring a nude person performing a sequence of movements involving bending down, lifting, and carrying a basket. The person's facial features include short hair styled close to the head, with a neutral expression focused on the task. There is no clothing or jewelry visible, and the background consists of a plain surface with vertical lines or a grid pattern. The setting appears to be a studio-like environment, emphasizing the person's motion and form.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.75 × 34.3 cm (8 9/16 × 13 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 48.5 × 61.2 cm (19 1/8 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.260

  • 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. 221 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower center in black pencil, 221; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.218

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