Plate Number 355. On guard, walking and turning around

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence showing a figure holding a rod in various positions. The image consists of multiple frames arranged in a grid pattern, capturing a motion study of a figure in motion. The figure is seen holding a rod and progresses through different stages of walking and posing. The background features a vertically striped surface that provides contrast to the figure's movement. The rhythmic sequence captures the dynamics of the 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. 355 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.340


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