Plate Number 316. Heaving a 20-lb. rock

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
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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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.5 × 35.1 cm (8 7/16 × 13 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.5 × 61.7 cm (19 1/8 × 24 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.341

  • 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. 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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