Plate Number 385. Farmer, using a pick

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential movement study involving the act of using a pickaxe. The image captures a series of frames showing the use of a pickaxe, demonstrated in a sequence that shows the process and motion involved. The top two rows depict a series of black-and-white sequential images, displaying a gradual progression of motion across each frame. The background appears to be indoors, with a dark, textured backdrop. The bottom row also shows a series of sequential frames but appears to be set in an outdoor setting, featuring a white structural background with square openings. The photographs are likely produced as a study of human movement, capturing detailed subtle changes in posture and form.

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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. 385 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.369


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