Plate Number 309. Throwing the hammer

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a series of sequential images capturing motion. The photo consists of two rows of images, each depicting a subject in motion from different angles and stages. The frames are in black and white and seem to illustrate the dynamics of a movement like walking. The grid arrangement highlights the continuity and subtle changes in the sequence.

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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. 309 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.294


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