Plate Number 339. Boxing, open hand

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a series of black and white images displayed in two rows. The images depict figures engaged in dynamic poses and movements as part of a motion study. The backdrop includes lines and grid patterns to help visualize the progression and position of the subjects throughout the motion. The study appears to focus on capturing the details of physical movement and interaction in a controlled environment, highlighting anatomical nuances and kinetic sequences.

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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. 339 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.324

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