Plate Number 370. First ballet action

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of timed progressive movements of a figure performing a sequence of leg raises. The image is a grid of multiple frames, showing sequential positions in a continuous motion study. The backdrop consists of a grid pattern, which helps emphasize the differing positions captured in each frame of the movement. The lighting is neutral, likely natural, highlighting the form and contours of the figure throughout the sequence.

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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. 370 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.354

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