Plate Number 236. Placing chair and sitting down

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of photographs showing a person moving from a seated position to standing and walking. The background features a grid pattern for measurement. The photos are arranged in two rows, documenting each step of the sequence with consistent lighting. The purpose is likely the analysis of human movement, common in early motion studies.

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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. 236 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.229

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