Plate Number 314. Heaving a 20-lb. rock

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of black and white photographs presented in a grid pattern. Each frame captures a moment in the action of an individual throwing an object. The top row shows a sequence with a background grid, emphasizing motion through changes in posture. The bottom row shows a similar sequence with a different backdrop, possibly outdoors. The use of sequential imagery highlights the fluidity of motion.

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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. 314 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.299

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