Plate Number 302. Picking up a ball and throwing it

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence of motion studies. The image shows a series of sequential frames capturing the motion of a subject. Each frame displays a distinct moment of an activity. The layout of the frames forms a grid, offering a comprehensive view of the progression from one position to another. The tonal quality is monochromatic, with lighting that accentuates the contours and movements captured in the images.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.8 × 25.6 cm (11 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.7 × 60.3 cm (18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.329

  • 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. 302 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.288

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