Plate Number 259. Lying on a couch and turning over on side

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image features a series of black and white photographs arranged in a grid. It shows a man in various positions as he transitions from standing to fully reclined on a narrow bench. The man is nude with short dark hair and a mustache. The backdrop is a dark surface with consistent lighting, capturing the movements and positions of the man in a controlled indoor environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.5 × 31.8 cm (9 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 48.15 × 61.1 cm (18 15/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.288

  • 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. 259 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.247

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