Plate Number 371. Acrobat, vertical "press up"

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge
Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904
The image shows a person performing a handstand in a series of twelve frames. The individual transitions from standing to a handstand and back, with each frame capturing a different phase of the movement. The person has a muscular build, short hair, and is not wearing clothing or holding any objects. The background varies between a tiled wall with a histogram grid and an outdoor setting with a fence and trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.5 × 41.8 cm (6 7/8 × 16 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 48 × 61 cm (18 7/8 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.392

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1887; acquired by NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 371 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.355

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