Plate Number 233. Lifting shawl, putting it around shoulders and turning

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential motion study featuring a person moving with fabric. The image is a compilation of multiple stills capturing the fluid movement of fabric being lifted and wrapped around a figure. The background consists of a lined grid. Each frame captures a different moment in the sequence, revealing changes in form and position over time.

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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. 233 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.227

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