Plate Number 300. Football, drop kick

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of sequential motion studies using a grid background. The composition comprises 24 frames, each showing a different moment of various athletic motions, captured with precision. The subject appears in each frame against a lined backdrop. A ball is incorporated into some of the sequences. The photographic grid enhances the sense of motion progression across time. The black and white tonal range, varying shadows, and careful positioning give a classic aesthetic and highlight the intricacies of movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.3 × 22.1 cm (13 1/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.8 × 60.3 cm (18 13/16 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.327

  • 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. 300 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.286

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