Plate Number 287. Baseball, running and picking up the ball

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image is a composite of frames showing a nude male figure in motion. In the top row, the figure is moving laterally from left to right, starting crouched and transitioning into a sprint. The bottom row shows the figure from behind, starting and running on a flat surface. The backdrop appears to be a patterned panel or grid. The scene suggests a study of human motion.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.5 × 45.9 cm (5 11/16 × 18 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.6 × 61.3 cm (19 1/8 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.314

  • 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. 287 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.273

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