Plate Number 384. Heaving a log from shoulder

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is an image of a sequential action study. The image shows two horizontal rows of frames. The upper row depicts a figure carrying a wooden beam across a grid-patterned background. The lower row shows the same figure engaged in rotating motion, possibly swinging a weight. Each frame captures a distinct pose, illustrating continuous movement step-by-step. The overall sepia tone gives it an antique quality.

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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. 384 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.368

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