Plate Number 249. Rising from chair

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image depicts a nude man performing a series of movements while sitting and then standing from a chair. The man's entire body is visible in each frame, capturing his progression from sitting to standing in various views. He has discernible facial features and short, neatly trimmed hair. The man interacts with a wooden chair in a simple studio setting.

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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 249 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.239

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