Plate Number 270. Arising from the ground with a pamphlet in left hand

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows black-and-white sequential photographs of a nude woman in various poses. She moves from lying on her stomach to sitting, kneeling, crouching, and standing. Her short hair is pinned up, and she holds a container in some frames. The background is a grid or slatted wall indoors with a textured, pebbled floor. There is no jewelry visible, and the focus is on the woman's movements and interaction with the object.

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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. 270 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.256

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