Plate Number 364. Handspring over a man's back

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of sequential motion studies. The image features multiple panels showing subjects engaged in physical activities. The grid format captures various stages of motion like gymnastics, balancing, and tumbling. The panels highlight details of muscles, moving limbs, and positions, providing insight into kinematics and human movement analysis. The series resembles early motion capture photography focusing on biomechanics of body 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. 364 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.349


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