Plate Number 283. Baseball, catching and throwing

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of sequential captures depicting the motion of a figure performing a physical activity. The image consists of a series of black and white frames arranged in a grid, capturing various stages of movement. Each frame shows a static representation, creating a progressive sequence which suggests motion. The backgrounds are identical, and the sequential images portray the subject in slightly different positions, portraying fluid movement over time.

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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. 283 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.269

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