Plate Number 316. Heaving a 20-lb. rock

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a sequence of movements with a ball. The image displays a series of black and white frames capturing the motion of an individual in various stages of throwing and catching a ball. The top row visually documents a single, continuous motion sequence of the subject winding up and then releasing a ball, and the bottom row follows another capturing motion from a different angle or sequence, progressing through various stages of preparation and dynamic action. The consistent grid formation suggests a study 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. 316 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.301


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