Plate Number 326. Lifting a 50-lb. dumbbell at arm's length

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows sequential photographs of a nude male figure in motion, lifting and swinging a dumbbell. The figure progresses from a crouching position to stretching his arm outward and then returning to the starting position. The individual has short, combed back hair and is holding a dumbbell in each frame. The setting appears to be indoors with a linoleum or tiled floor and a plain wall in the background.

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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. 326 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.311

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