Plate Number 269. Arising from the ground with a newspaper in left hand

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph depicting a sequential study of motion. The image shows multiple frames arranged in a grid format, capturing an object's movement in stages. Each frame displays a gradual transition of actions, from standing and walking to crouching down, against a lined backdrop. The sequences provide detailed documentation of the dynamics of motion, offering insight into its complexity through precise and sequential images.

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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. 269 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.255


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